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From: Hill Shaw To: 14/ 71,41 ))//ie. ,g,/r> w L PRINT D BY CHALLENGE I DUSTRIES, INC' --/'s" :/ ft 7/2._ 6,v,bat ,z, .74-yrAzd-, 74 itii. 1-A4 cf..--,t;;.-_. -e-tr.4 -,-,-e-ra=--c-,1-, 1. RECEIVED SEP 2 9 1983 ‘-'-.1:efil---6--2-477-7-=16C-- ; "e" ---el _-t.,--,ved,d4z---lt) - 7/3- .-.-l. fr-z-e-v- i4iii 7* -t ri. Zle.........,,, ..,.1 ij L zi- 71/1,4 et,-taL ,717te— CLO -1"-k, 6--- r:e,,,,,--„,„:_ -0 /-i-f ,e_..- 6 ePt-..-10- t=Z41.- --L.- ,-__ei.t-- -4 , (..._ /24,(yade. „tz 4,14- 100-74 zist,t,Y-64.,e,:e4' Ad.....ev,t- 07*e_ ._, - . 77 -i. -V.27.,-4 ...4 ----0:,:t. IT • A.0 '41- , .. - , ,.: _v, . e-..-e_e-• „,-Ase_ _.„&d....v.._-&__42-e-6...A.-).. - r ern , ;72Ap-6,,-,„,i, ,,,,,,,:,-e, „, 7,1-,_ 71,..S ,6„,„..4e)--4 .„..,„24,4472.47,74 A. _ .:-.v--o--4.-e--- intA.,___ Ai-- • 7.2„,x,/ 4,:c L-4-4 e&744 tie,+S- 1)..Z ____-&-CA ,„4.-e.,_d.,=-1-- e -e",-4,6( 42t. 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This young .man was a leader int thaconf the and president of his class. He was "enjoying " the Six Mile Creek gorge that are part of the City of Ithaca's Watershed. This letter is written to urge your_ readers to seek out other, safer areas to swim and enjoy our gorge scenery. Although a long overdue study is underway which will address the broad questions of mixed use of our watershed area, during that time it remains a watershed prohibited r than walkebs. Alsy o ems mmotorcyclists, campers and others, phatically, it should not be used for swimming or diving. Many of the pools are dangerously seductive in that they contain hidden logs oor underwater ledges. Many of the ledges are slippery Moreover, even a minor injury can be made serious by the difficulty of finding and treating or recovering those injured in -the Six Mile Creek gorge area. William R. Shaw '69 Mayor of Ithaca ec CITY DF ITHACA 108 EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 141350 OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW September 16, 1983 Mr. Dave Hawkins Executive Editor The Point "Cornell's Community Newsmagazine" P.O. Box 6584 Ithaca, New York 14850 Dear Mr. Hawkins: TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 I am writing not for publication in your Letters to -the Editor, but to solicit your support in screening your materials which describe the wonders and attractions of the Ithaca gorges. While I fully support the general attraction and desire to enjoy our gorges,•I am sure you are also aware of the Six Mile Creek Study .Committee which is looking at the particular questions concerning the Six Mile Creek Watershed Gorge. Although deliberations have not led to a recommendation on a continued ban, a partial ban or a partial use policy for the Six Mile Creek Area, it is clear that this gorge, like many others publicity and privately owned, do contain real dangers to the unwary. A particular concern are feature articles or reports that describe the attractions of our creeks and unprotected and inaccessible swimming holes. I would urge that your reporters and editors doing these articles either withhold the attractive phrases which promote their use or balance each description of their actual use, which I fully acknowledge, with warning -about the dangers and regular occurrence of death and near -death, serious accidents and minor accidents that occur, who are attractive to and use these swimming areas. Thank you for your attention to this concern, which I trust you share. Sincerely yours, William R. Shaw Mayor CC: Barbara Lund, City Engineer "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" USPS 1981 Write or WK. 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N - vs() cksik 0.14 uybiLccL U„, --ky) 4„2., s4e,.„6, vict-coaco a'o_e waS&Acv-d uumix ai4 ua-u-Qd tA,k5= SQg \`)C-(61/1 oat, c&901, (T, No0A-ct, • a --2__P e&fM 146F3 © USPS 1981 1rtXC R`NC+i_Jeri Morris rk` ;.' nca.�6 3 •?4 �1 ri .tea Me4Yog_ cou_e_befro 33(hiterc) flIii'•1 % 1 r Letter C2eb Reservoir.: 'Dangerous.' To the Editor: Late last spring, after many students had left town, a local high school student had a tragic death by a fall and drowning in our Six Mile Creek gorge: This youngman was a leader in the community and president of his class. He was "enjoying" the attractions of the Six Mile Creek gorge that are part of the City of Ithaca's Watershed. This letter is written to urge your_ readers to seek out other, safer areas to swim and enjoy our gorge scenery. Although a long overdue study is underway which will address the broad questions of mixed use of our watershed area, during that time it remains a watershed area which is prohibited for use by swimmers, motorcyclists, campers and others, other than walkers. Also, em- phatically, it should not be used for swinuning or diving. Many of the pools are dangerously seductive in that they contain hidden logs or underwater ledges. Many of the ledges are slippery and dangerous. Moreover, even a minor injury can be made serious by the difficulty of finding and treating or recovering those injured in the Six Mile Creek gorge area. William R. Shaw '69 Mayor of Ithaca et [(,,1-3. CITY OF ITHACA 1OB EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF MAYOR TELEPHONE: 272-1713 WILLIAM R. SHAW CODE 607 Dr. and Mrs. Nosanchuk 964 Cayuga Heights Road Ithaca, New York 14850 September 8, 1983 'g AI/it �_; Dear Dr. and Mrs. Nosanckhuk: I am writing to update you ori efforts concerning Six Mile Creek. As you can see from the attached, I have written and received publication of a letter from the Cornell Daily Sun. I also wrote to the Ithacan, and anti- . cipate publication there. I also reviewed the entire creek last week and was pleased to see that most of the older no trespassing signs are still up. These were installed mid -sum- mer. In addition, they were installing newer, larger metal signs closer to the area around the thirty foot dam. These do not have the language about danger and serious accidents or deaths having occured. That is contrary to the directive of the Board of Public Works and will be amended. There were six being installed the day I was out. I have also written to the editors of local dailies and weeklys (as forwarded to you previously). I believe these steps will help warn and facilitate enforcement. With respect to enforcement, I have been apprised that the City Engineer often called our City.Police Department as an alternative to the Sheriffs Department when people are found in the ravine. I am pursuing that, to be sure our Officers are on call, know where to go, and are making arrests, and otherwise enforcing the ban against swimming and use of the Six Mile Creek Watershed. From: Bill Shaw' Touring Ithaca's Urban Gardens * Defending Staying Alive * Goat Cheese Saga VOL VI NO. 2 • FREE OUR TWELFTH YEAR 24 PAGES • AUGUST 11, 1983 Floating the Options for Six Mile Creek To swim or not to swim in the city reservoir, that is theq uestion. By Adrienne Nims If you want a pleasant, varied stroll, without being burdened with any particular object ex- cept to enjoy a good walk hand in hand with nature, take your lunch and book, say Thoreau's Excursions... and explore the Six Mile Creek. —The Scenery of Ithaca and The Head Waters of Cayuga Lake, 1866 love to go a trespassing along the gorges 'cause the day in the reservoir is worth a night in Jul. —popular local folksong, 1983 In June, twenty-eight people were arrested for trespassing at the City's Six Mile Creek watershed area. They were fined forty dollars apiece. Of the twenty-eight, only one person had the charges dismissed. His case illustrates the confusion surrounding recreation at the watershed. There is a "No Trespassing" sign on the gate at the Sixty Foot dam off Route 79, but a public entrance with a "Welcome" sign at Giles Street. Both are entrances to the watershed, and Jim Lawrence told the judge that he entered at Giles Street. He was not fined. In reference to the other trespassers, Potters Falls. Lawrence says, "One should not give in so easily until the watershed area has been organized." The watershed area is city -owned land located in the Town of Ithaca. Legal enforce- ment of trespassing laws is the responsibility of the county sheriff. In the past, drastic measures were never called for and arrests were relatively uncommon, according to former Mayor Ray Bordoni, who stressed that the people of Ithaca need an answer now. In what sense, if any, should the Six Mile Creak area be available to the public for recreation? continued on page 5 Capital Punishment: A boy swung on a trey'., fell off, and died. The town fathers met, th.f=:r shot the tree at dawn. --Judith:.; 1 om's got an eye for savings on eyeglasses and contact lenses. 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Our trained instructors will combine Nautilus, Polaris, Aerobics programs to give you the Best Workout In Town. ❑ Polaris Equipment ❑ Separate Saunas ❑ Free Weights L Nautilus Equipment ❑ Universal Gym ❑ Inversion Equipment ❑ Aerobics ITHACA FITNESS 119 Third St.0272-8779 THE ITHACA TIMES • AUGUST 11-17,1983 STOP IN FOR A COMPLIMENTARY TRIAL WORKOUT. and EGAN'S 301 College Avenue ITHACA N.Y •HOME OF SHURFINE QUALITY PRODUCTS FOOD SHOP continued from page 1 Six Mile Creek is the last "unorganized" gorge in Ithaca. Of the famous five, Six Mile stands alone—undomesticated. Taughan- nock and Enfield are state parks, Fall Creek has the now unused Beebe Lake and Ithaca Falls, and Cascadilla has a crumbling but functional gorge trail built up its perimeter from downtown to Cornell. Now Six Mile Creek is getting organized. The Town of Ithaca wants a firm policy on the area to guide its building decisions, the Hydropower Commission wants to tap the power of one or more of the falls, and the reservoir area has its own lobbying group in the form of the Six Mile Creek Preservation Committee. The Preservation Committee grew out of the Town's decision to allow builder Weisburd to build a condominium project adjacent to the watershed. They wanted the watershed area designated a Critical Natural Area under state environmental law to afford it a greater level of protection. The Committee took the Town's approval of the development to court on procedural grounds, and lost. The Preservation Committee did get the Town to declare a moratorium on further housing construction until the community can work out the larger problems of development in the watershed area. But the Preservation Committee is also vitally concerned about the Town of Ithaca's Burns Road Realignment project. Because Burns Road is considered hazardous for traffic, the proposal calls for the relocation of the intersection of Burns Road with Slaterville Road to a point approximately five -hundred feet to the east of its present location. It also calls for the construction of a new bridge across Six Mile Creek. Nothing Would Be Left The Preservation Committee still views the watershed land as a potential Critical Natural Area. They feel that building a new roadway would represent a conversion of watershed land from a "natural state" to a more intensively used state, with accompanying impact on wildlife habitat, erosion and aesthetics. "We're not against development," Preservation Committee member Kathleen Roth explained. "We are against development in an unplanned pattern. It's a lot easier to develop the whole east area if there's a modern road. Unless there's a concerted effort to keep this area preserved, there won't be anything quite like it left." Roth and her group have also kept the preservationist's faith against those on the City Hydropower Commission who look to Six Mile Creek as a source of at least a small amount of cheap electric power, although many preservationists are quite comfortable with water turbines in some places, provided they are built well. In fact, the first of the unofficial recreation areas along Six Mile Creek (going out from town) did once generate electricity. Van Atta's Pam, just below Giles Street, is the preferred development site for hydropower according to a consultant's study that was commissioned by the City. Above Giles Street, a wildflower area maintained by the Circle Greenway organization has a small parking lot and a big "Welcome" sign. Small pools lie upstream toward Thirty -Foot Dam, which holds in the Lower Reservoir. This is the spot where Ithaca High School senior David Nosanchuk died earlier this summer while attempting to swing intothewater from a rope tied to a tree. Since his death, the City Department of Public Works has cut the tree down, leaving it to rot in the water. Above Thirty -Foot Dam, and beneath a huge cliff, people lie on flat rocks at the "worst kept secret in Ithaca"—Potter's Falls. A few hundred feet upstream, Sixty - Foot Dam contains the Upper Reservoir, still a source of the City's water. It's possible to walk out the dirt road to Slaterville Road and complete the entire hike without ever seeing a "No Trespassing" sign, unless you look behind you when you leave. Historically, the Six Mile Creek area has always been used for recreation. According to Beth Mulholland of Circle Greenway, there were Indian winter campgrounds all along the wider parts of Six Mile Creek up until the 1780s—for example, below Van Atta's Dam and under the Columbia Street bridge. The earliest guidebooks to Ithaca enthusiastically recommend the' area as a place to explore. At the turn of the century, Frank Schoonma'ker, a citizen of Ithaca, planned to present to Common Council a detailed plan for a vacation hotel with fountains at Potter's Falls; his plan included a carriage road from the Giles Street bridge up the gorge to the hotel. Later, in the 1930s, a park was built with trails and fireplaces on each side of the creek. A large lagoon with a pavilion and cabin was available to the townspeople for swimming in the summer and skating in the winter. In addition, there was a toboggan slide off Giles Street. Most of the park was destroyed in the 1935 flood. Drain It Dry Paul Fidler, a retired Department of Public Works employee in Ithaca, remembers that public swimming was allowed at Van Atta's dam as late as the 1940s. "I worked for the DPW for 38 years," he said. "We used to clean out the reservoir above Van Atta's every year so the swimming would be better there. It was a highly improved area then—there was a bathhouse, ropes, lifeguards and everything. In fact, when I built my house on Cayuga Street, I used some of the dredged mud from Van Atta's as fill dirt for my backyard." Fidler could not remember when legal swimming ended in Six Mile Creek, but he speculated that it must have been in the mid to late '40s. Sometime in the last 40 years, however, it became taboo to swim at Van Atta's dam, at Thirty -Foot dam or anywhere else in the Six Mile gorge. Concern over illegal swimming rose dramatically after David Nosanchuk's tragic accident, but even earlier, Mayor Shaw had formed the Six Mile Creek Watershed Study Committee. This committee has been meeting every two weeks since March in an attempt to create a policy which could be recommended to the BPW and Common Council for adoption. "The Study Committee has been carefully crafted so that a wide variety of viewpoints and interests are represented," according to Shaw. One early proposal of the committee— draining the Lower Reservoir—suggests that the committee sees the City's liability for swimming accidents as the greatest problem with the watershed. However, according to Chairman Gerald Schickel, "The committee hopes to discourage selected activities in the continued on page 6 THE ITHACA TIMES Open Mon -Sat 9a.m.-9p.m. Sunday 9a.m.-6p.m. Ithaca's Only Western Union Agent Mon -Sat 9a.m.-8:30p.m. Sunday 9a.m.-5:30p.m. TCTC Store Bank No charge for cashing TCTC personal checks CLIP THIS ENTRY FOR... AUTUMN ADVENTURE FIRLE TORONTO,Ontario SAT. & SUN., OCTOBER 8 & 9 BSCENtC B O UE B CRUISER TRIP FOR TWO TO 2 Trips To Be Given Away on Tuesday September 6, 1983 • NO PURCHASE REQUIRED • MUST BE AT LEAST 18 TO ENTER • ENTER AS OFTEN AS YOU WISH MIN NINA ININI11111111111111•111111111MIIIII NI MIME NIL 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 mmummomemiummenimmemuummommemmemisumm Egan's Shursave Trip to Toronto � Name i Address II City Phone WATCH FOR BBl. 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Among the options currently being discussed by the committee is a proposal to have a conservation officer regulate the upper area of the reservoir. Swimming would be allowed at the swimmers' own risk below the Sixty -Foot Dam, and access to that swimming area would be limited to one entrance. The committee also feels that having another swimming area provided for the community, perhaps Cornell's Beebe Lake, would reduce the number of swimmers at the reservoir and ease the tension surrounding the issue. The City's Study Committee has a subcommittee which is studying the possibility of making the Thirty -Foot Dam reservoir a legal swimming area. This would mean providing a resuscitator, a medical backboard, a row boat, a storage building and bathhouse facilities. It would also include installing a telephone, providing an access road and hiring lifeguards, among other expenses. Bud Gerkin, chairman of the subcommittee, reported the estimated costs to be over nine thousand dollars. 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People would also continue to swim at odd hours, with no lifeguard on duty. A more attractive use of the area might be fostered by allowing unstructured swimming, with visitors assuming responsibility for themselves and for the Cncironmen:. Don't Whine, Organize Dan Hoffman, who is a representative from Common Council on the Watershed Committee, says that he would like to find a way for people to continue to appreciate the area: "If we can allow swimming to continue in a way which does not increase municipal liability and does not damage the natural environment, then I don't see why it shouldn't occur." Hoffman noted that some community organizations are willing to "patrol" the area in shifts in order to increase safety and to aid the city. He added that those who are the most vocal about wanting to use the area should be willing to do this. "1 urge people who are concerned about the area to have patience, and I hope they will offer to help rather than simply to criticize the decision-making process," he said. Mayor Shaw originally set up the Study Committee to have a set of recommendations to submit by early fall, with interim suggestions possibly being submitted in the meantime. The committee now hopes to have its recommendations in place by the 1984 swimming season. Shaw says he is pleased with the progress the committee is making. "The problems are all pretty much interrelated," he said. "There is no single solution. Although I'm hopeful for interim solutions, we're much more in need of long-term solutions. What is needed is a series of compatible actions on the part of the city to minimize problems. We're not aiming at a total solution to what one group wants." At present, it is difficult to predict where all the organizing and studies of the watershed area will lead, and the possibilities seem endless. 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The two best answers will win a free dinner for two at Oldport Harbour. THE ITHACA TIMES ® AUGUST 11-17, 1983 OFFICE OF DONALD A. KINSELLA. P.E. SUPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS CITY ,,F ITM:ACA: 106-•,EAST.�GREEN STFIEET ITH'ACA, NEW :YOFIK.'14850' DEPARTM'ENT':OF.'PUBLiC ,WORKS R A N D U /M To: Bud Gerk i n, Chairman of Sub -committee on Recreation From: Donald A. Ki'.nsel la Re: 'Six Mile Creek Study Date: .September 7,1983 appreciate the opportunity to have discussed with your sub -committee in detail the various topicsregarding. recreational uses of the Six Mile Creek Gorge: I feel very strongly about the following concerns: 1. The Six Mile Creek.' -Gorge is a natural phenomena;: that.; inherently has dangers to individuals venturing into that area. 2. It must be understood that pemmi:tt i ng activities by the public in that area represents a responsibility on the part of the public to .• acknowledge these; iriherent dangers. It 'i s my opinion that any act+ivitypromoted'or allowed, in that area in the.'. future must be controlled andmonitored by the City to mitigate ;these natural hazards. TELEPHONE:. 272-1713 CQDE 607 - 3. Providing round the clock, year-round security to prevent trespassing• by individuals cannot- be guaranteed to: be .100% successful. 4. I•do not recommen&`-,public<access to the City property, including the• gorge area; however, 'I do recognize that limited portions of the area,; specifically, the•Circle Greenway. focusi±of interest, 15:8. viable, compatible useof the area,but any access by any unsupervised and uncontrolled access of the remaining portion of the gorge area. easterly of the Circle Greenway ,limits is not . recommended by the Superintendent In addition::1 would discourage access to the areas i'nthe vicinity of. the 60 foot dam and •the watershed area .'upstream ,of that, location. "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" SIX MILE -GORGE STUDY COMMITTEE ZONE I Above; 30 1 dam. RECREATION. SUB -COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS A Above 601• dam: ON GORGE ,`i1SAGE . B Between 30' & 601: ZONE II Below 30' dam. 1 ACTIVITY ZONE I ZONE II COMMENTS A B WALKING N Y Y JOGGING Encourage .:to.go elsewhere ROCK CLIMBING ' N 1U X>. SKIING _. -., • Encourage: to, go, elsewhere. ICE`,SKATING . N N - :N SWIMMINGN - WADING N • MOTOR.VEHICLES •N N .•N BICYCLING _ N N N BOATING • N N • N WILDLIFE RESEARCE Y Y- Y •Permits;: from D.P.W. office EDUC. TRIPS . N. Y) Y Controls ' TOURS, . GUIDED N Y Y. Controls FLOWER PICKING N N - N • PLANT DIGGING = N N N CAMPING ' N- N r N PICNICING N ..N Y Only at designated areas OPEN FIRES . N N Y, .. Only at designated areas SMOKING N N -Y Post $wring �, :periods MUSIC N Y Y No amplified music PHOTOGRAPHY N Y Y. PAINTING N Y Y . . . PET WALKING N :Y • .Y , Owner responsible for cleanup ALCOHOLIC BEV'S • . N N . Y- At p.icnia::area .only. LITTERING N N N DUMPING N ,N N . FISHING N Y Y. • Closely controlled. MAPPING • N N N' SHOOTING or - CARRYING ARMS N N N • , WOODCUTTING. ' . N .. -N N. Except by D.P.W. SIX -MILE. GORGE STUDY COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES WORKSHEET - ACTIVITY ZONE I., ZONE I Above:: 301 dam. A, Above 60''. dam. B - - Between .301 and 60 I dam.- ZONE II Below 30 1: dam. ' ZONE II COMMENTS WALKING JOGGING ROCK. CLIMBING SKIING ICE SKATING SWIMMING, WADING MOTOR .VEHICLES BICYLIN.G BOATING, WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUC. TRIPS GUIDED TOURS )FLOWER PICKING PLANT DIGGING CAMPING PICNICING OPEN FIRES SMOKING MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY PAINTING. - PET WALKING ALCOHOLIC BEV. LITTERING DUMPING FISHING TRAPPING. SHOOTING or. CARRYING ARMS'' ':WOODCUTTING .; .. CITY DF ITHACA 1OB EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW August 31, 1983 The Cornell Daily Sun 109 The Commons Ithaca, New York 14850 The Ithacan Ithaca College Ithaca, New York 14850 ATTENTION: Editors TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 Dear Editor: Late last spring after many students had left town, a local high school student had a tragic death caused by a fall and drowning in our Six Mile Creek Gorge. This young man was a leader in the com- munity and president of his class.. He was 'enjoying" the attractions of the Six Mile Creek Gorge which are part of the City of Ithaca's Watershed. This letter is to written to urge your readers to seek out other, safer areas to swim and enjoy our gorge scenery. Although a long overdue study is underway, which will address the broad questions of mixed use of our Watershed area, during that time it remains a watershed area which is prohibited for use by swimmers, motorcyclists and campers and others, other than walkers. Also em- phatically, it should not be used for swimming or diving. Many of the pools are dangerously seductivepvthat they contain hidden logs or underwater ledges. /t1Any of the ledges are slippery and dangerous. Moreover, even a minor injury can be made serious by the difficulty of finding and treating or recovering those injured in the Six Mile Creek Gorge area. Sincerely yours, William R. Shaw,.Mayor bcc; G. Schickel and m/m Nosanchuk "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" CITY DF ITHACA 1OB EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW August 31, 1983 The Ithaca Journal 123 W. State Street Ithaca, New York 14850 The Ithaca Times -- The Commons Ithaca, New York 14850 The Grapevine 108 S. Albany Street 'Ithaca, New York 14850 TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 ATTENTION: EDITORS Dear Gentlemen and Ladies: I am writing not for publication in your Letters to the Editor, but to solicit your support in screening your materials which describe the wonders and attractions of the Ithaca gorges.. While I fully support the general attraction and desire to enjoy our gorges, I am sure you are al- so aware of the Six Mile Creek Study Committee which is looking at the particular questions concerning the Six Mile Creek Watershed Gorge. Al- though deliberations have not led to a recommendation on a continued ban, a partial ban or a partial use policy for the Six Mile Creek Area, it is clear that this gorge, like many others publicity.and privately owned, do contain real dangers to the unwary. A particular concern are feature articles or reports that describe the attractions of our creeks and unprotected and inaccessible swimming holes. I would urge that your reporters and editors doing these articles either withhold the attractive phrases which promote their use or balance each description of their actual use, which I fully acknowledge, with warnings about the dangers and regular occurrence of death and near -death, serious accidents and minor accidents that occur, who are attractive to and use these swimming areas. Thank you for your attention to this concern, which I trust you share. Sincerely yours, bcc: G. Schickel nd m/m Nosanchuk William R. Shaw, Mayor "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" _ 6r,e r 5 4 2 frovz- X e_ August 17, 1983 Dear Mayor Shaw: I am writing you to express my views on the Six `''Mile Creek Reservoir situation. I have been an Ithaca resident and taxpayer for 15 years: In that time I have often greatly enjoyed walking around the reservoir. I believe it is one of the most pleasant spots in New York State, let alone Ithaca. One of the main reasons I like'it is precisely because it is unimproved, because it is a little "wild". I believe that this wildness, solitude, and unstructured natural area is what many of Ithaca's citizens love about this creek, hills, reservoir called Six Mile Creek. .1 request that the City of Ithaca not damage this lovely fragile area in any way; that the reservior not be - drained; that the reservoir be left alone. I am dismayed and irritated that the .city has posted no trespassing signs below the reservoir . While I sympathize with the family of the high school youth who hit his head at the reservoir this smmmer and died,.I also believe that it is no excuse for the city to deny the rest of us the pleasure andjuse of the whole'area,_, Peoble simply cannot be protected fromeveryrisk in life. In fact we 'need wildness and some risks and freddom to hurt ourselves. Every year climbers at Yosemite'National Park in California fall and kill themselves, yet the parks have not outlawed rock climbing. Why cannot the city allow its .citizens to hike and swim in this area and accept -the consequences of their actions? Skydivers and-parachuters occasionally are killed yet it is not outlawed. I believe that the city should protect itself legally from the misbegotten law suits of people who hurt themselves, but that the rest of the citizens who are cautious and judicious in their use of the reservoir area not be denied its use because of the mistakes and accidents of the few. Thank you. Sincerely yours” D iiLS LL Donald Steinkraus 107 E. Marshall St. Ithaca, NYz 273-2460 CITY DF ITHACA 108 EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 1 4135 OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW August 31, 1983 Mr. Donald Steinkraus 107 E. Marshall Street Ithaca, New York 14850 TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 Dear Mr. Steinkraus: _Thank you for your letter of August 17, 1983 and your comments con- cerning Six Mile Creek. I tend to agree with many of the points that you raised, but I am looking forward to the collective judgement of the Six Mile Creek Study Committee who are taking a long scale and overdue look at the many of the issues concerning Six Mile Creek, not just swimming, not just hiking, and not just safety. I cannot predict the outcome of their study but do feel it will lead to a more flexible use of the area and some responsible acceptance of the risk associated with the general landscape of the gorges rather than a cacoon approach to pre- vention of accidents. Sincerely yours, William R. Shaw Mayor "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" \C"\'‘. \ BOYNTON REAL ESTATE -Re0M-307-7-T-HE-SEME-E-A-BteG. - ITHACA, N. Y. 14850 3 i< 1? -(t (Area Code 607) AR 3-2468 • r .-1 - . • . • lac, r.,44„„t TO L DATE yoct. te 8 - QP-a-E13_ST - _17)-14c14 / -.Vf-1- 0-- Zfi—el LdJ42.4A5— Agie—k—• D ATE 44‘ 77 - • SIGNED SIGNED • -S244 A,A, for.• AVAiLABLE r -Rom GRAYARc CO.. INC Uti2 THIRD AVE ii'l<LYN 32. N.1. THIS COPY FOR PERSON ADDRESSED rr. TOPK1I'N OOUN WILLARD C. SCHMIDT, M.D., M.P.H. Commissioner of Health Mr. H. F. Gerkin Six Mile Creek Watershed Committee 116 Mitchell Street Ithaca, New York 14850 Dear Mr. Gerkin: /ham ,ge_k,- OF HEALTH . ta.b 1983 RCE 4 V E n ntronrint iq Health Division IIYY 1287drumensbury Road Ithaca, New York 14850 607.273.7275 July 29, 1983 In a recent discussion, you requested that the Tompkins County Health Depart- ment perform a site inspection in part of the City of Ithaca watershed along Six Mile Creek, to determine whether some areas could comply with.Part 6 of the New York State Sanitary Code, which regulates public swimming areas. Any swimming area along Six Mile Creek would be classified as a bathing beach according to Part 6. A bathing beach is defined as " . . . a natural pond, lake, stream or other body of . . . water which is used for bathing or swimming with the express or im- plied permission or consent of the owner or lessee of -the premises or,which is operated for a fee or any other consideration or which is openly advertised as a place for bathing or swimming by the public." A bathing beach located on a watershed may not be operated so a,s to pollute or contaminate a public water supply. Thus a swimming area would probably not be developed at or above the sixty foot dam area, since this is the point for the City public water intake. Satisfactory water quality must also be maintained at a swimming area. The total number of organisms of the coliform group, in such samples, may not exceed a logarithma.c mean of 2400/100 ml. for a series of five or more samples in any 30 day period, nor shall 20 percent of the total samples exceed 5000/100 ml. It is probable that Six Mile Creek will meet this criteria anywhere above VanAtta's Dam. Sanitary toilet facilities conveniently accessible must be provided at the rate of one toilet for each 40 females (with a minimum of two toilets) and one toilet and one urinal for every 60 male bathers. Any sewage system would need to be installed with a permit issued by this office. At least one certified lifeguard is required for every 75 bathers (but no less than two) along with a surf board or boat, a torpedo buoy or ring buoy and a first aide kit to be used for life saving or injury. Dressing rooms or showers may be required, and of course satisfactory means for refuse disposal must be made. Mr. H. F. Gerkin July 29, 1983 Page 2 Access to the bathing area for emergency vehicles mu-stalso;be .provided. This would seem to be a problem at the 30 Foot Dain. In any case, the Watershed.'Rules and .Regulations must be followed. These currently prohibit bathing in any reservoir 1:4 -stream in Zone I,, which is upstream of the 30 Foot -Dam and downstream of the western 'bouifdary °of ,t.he Town ,'of Caroline •• Thus, these regulations would need to be changed. Interestingly, these rules do not seem to restrict _any.activfty iii. the ,area_ below the 30 Foot Dam, nor do they prohibit walking through the watershed The most likelyarea to develop a. bathing beach seems to be at VanAtta''s:'Dam. Here there is access to drinking water, public roads, and possibly sewer. The area is small enough that lifeguards could control activities itt their :sight. Should the City of Ithaca decide to more seriously develop plans fp swjnnning along Six Mile Creek, such plans would have to be submitted to the Health -Depart ment for approval, prior to commencing any work. Part 6 of the New York State Sanitary Code may also contain other regulations not mentioned in this letter. Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call me or John Andersson, at the Health. Department. Sincerely, • Andrew Frost Sr. Environmental Health Technician AF/ms July 28, 1982 To: Gerry Schickel, Chairman Six Mile Creek Gorge Committee Report ofCost Estimates Collected By Bud Gerkin, Chairman of Recreation Subcommittee Regards to potentially setting up swimming at 30 ft. -dam Reservoir - John Doyle of Cass Park - Estimate source: s-, ,4*' %_ Rescue Equipment Resuscitator $500.00 Medical Backboard 150.00 Ring Buoy w/Rope (2) @ 50.00 Reaching Pole (2) @ 50.00 1st Aid Supply 150.00 Lifeguard Tower Chair (2) @ 500.00 12 ft. Gruman Row Boat (Fisherman Series) w/oars and oar locks 885.00 Secure Storage Building ? Portable Johns (2) @ 50.00 per week Rental Telephone - NY Telephone Co. installed 4,464.95 " - Monthly Charge 16.47 Lifeguard - Cost $6.00 per hour, includes Fringe for 40 hrs. per week 480.00 Lifeguards - 2nd Shift 480.00 Access Road to Swimming Area ? If Walkie Talkie Radio were used, a transmitter on high ground needed 1,000.00. Source of Estimate for complaint response at 30 ft. dam Reservoir - by Sheriff Bob Howard: 2 men and Patrol Car w/backup, i.e. Radio $200.00 Source of Estimate - City Police Chief's office: Ithaca City Police responding to Sheriff asking for backup help would send 2 men and Patrol Car Source of Estimate - City Fire Chief Tuckerman Sending 1 man and Staff Car ) 2 men and Fire Engine ) $200.00 $100.00 John Doyle informed me that the National average law suit for a swimming accident was $4,000,000.00 per accident - usually settled out of Court. Our fines for swimming in 30 ft. Dam area are now between $25 and $40 depending on the Judge. It would take 16 arrests and convictions per complaint to satisfy cost. A turbility test at 30 ft. Dam taken by Andy Frost of Tompkins County Health Dept. had a clarity of 48 to 60 inches, taken between 7/20/83 and 7/27/83. Thank you. Bud Gerkin cc: Mayor Shaw t' CHAPTER I STATE SANITARY CODE PART 6 SWIMMING POOLS AND BATHING BEACHES (Statutory authority: Public Health Law, § 225) Sec. Sec. 6.17 Drinking fountains 6.18 Garbage; refuse 6.19 Food service 6.20 Sanitary quality of water 6.21 Filtration 6.22 Disinfection 6.23 Protection of public water supplies 6.24 Maximum. permissible number of bathers 6.25 Operator; operating records 6.26 Lifesaving equipment, lifeguards 6.27 Care of suits and towels 6.28 Care of benches and floor surfaces 6.29 Posting regulations 6.30 Pollution prohibited 6.31 Communicable disease 6.32 Spectators GENERAL PROVISIONS 6.1 Definitions 6.2 Application 6.3 Approval of plans 6.4 Annual permit for operation required 6.5 Application required for permit 6.6 Variance CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION 6.9 Construction and maintenance 6.10 Electrical requirements 6.11 Interconnections 6.12 Decks and drains 6.13 Dressing rooms 6.14 Showers 6.15 Toilet facilities 6.16 Fencing § 6.1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 6.1 Definitions. (a) The term swimming pool as used in this Part shall mean any swimming pool together with buildings and appurtenances used in connection therewith, and shall be construed as including both "artificial" and "partly artificial" swimming pools. - (b) The term artificial swimming pool shall mean a structure intended for bathing or swimming purposes, made of concrete, masonry, metal, or other imper- vious material, located either indoors or outdoors, and provided with controlled water supply. (c) The term partly artificial swimming pool shall mean a pool formed artificially from a natural body of water and used for bathing purposes. (d) The term bathing beach shall mean a bathing place, together with buildings and appurtenances if any and the water and land areas used in connection therewith, at a natural pond, lake, stream or other body of fresh or of salt water which is used for bathing or swimming with the express or implied permission or consent of the owner or lessee of the premises or which is operated for a fee or any other consid- eration or which is openly advertised as a place for bathing or swimming by the public. (e) The term permit issuing official shall mean the health commissioner or health officer of a city of 50,000 population or over, the health commissioner or health officer of a county or part -county health district, the State regional health director or area director having jurisdiction, a grade I or grade 31 public health administrator qualified and appointed pursuant to Part 31 of this Chapter, or any county health director having the powers and duties prescribed in section 352 of the Public Health Law. The health commissioner or health officer of a city of 50,000 population or over, the health commissioner or health officer of a county or part -county health district, or such grade I or grade II public health administrator or county health director may designate the director of environmental health of such health district; and, the State regional health director or area director may designate the district sanitary engineer as additional persons authorized to issue the permits required by this Part. (f) The term qualified lifeguard shall mean an individual possessing as minimum qualifications a current senior life saving certificate from the American National Red Cross or equivalent certifying agency on the basis of standards approved by the State Commissioner of Health, except that in jurisdictions where the permit .-issuing official has adopted or does adopt minimum qualifications for lifeguards;, 't approved by the State Commissioner of Health, the term qualified lifeguard shall 66.3 H 6-30-78 § 6.2 TITLE 10 HEALTH mean an individual certified by such permit issuing official as possessing those qualifications. (g) The term responsible person shall mean a competent individual, at least 18 years of age, acceptable to the permit issuing official, who shall be present at the bathing area at all times when the pool or bathing beach is officially open and capable of exercising control over the bathers. (h) The term bathing shall mean to become partially or totally immersed in water. Historical Note Sec. amds. filed: May 31, 1966; May 29, 1978 eff. June 29, 1978. Amended (e). 1967; Mar. 9, 1973; Dec. 31, 1975; June 29, 6.2 Application. The requirements of this Part shall not apply to a private swimming pool, bathing beach or other bathing facilities owned and/or maintained by an individual for use of his family and friends. Sections 6.4 and 6.5 shall not apply to swimming and bathing facilities maintained and operated in connection with a temporary residence subject to the regulations of Part 7 of this Chapter. Historical Note Sec. amds. filed: May 31, 1966; Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. New sec. substituted. 6.3 Approval of plans. (a) No municipality, person, group of persons, firm, corporation, association, organization or institution shall construct an artificial swim- ming pool, or make changes in any already built swimming pool if such changes may affect health or safety until the plans and specifications therefor shall first have been submitted to and received the approval of the permit issuing official or the State Commissioner of Health. All plans shall be prepared by a person licensed by the State of New York to practice engineering or architecure. The State Commissioner of Health or the permit issuing official may stipulate when granting this approval such modifications or conditions as the public health or safety may require. Appli- cation for such approval shall be made on a form prescribed by and in accordance with the requirements of the State Commissioner of Health. (b) Plans for any separate sewage disposal works to be constructed at swim- ming pools or bathing beaches shall be submitted to and receive the approval of the permit issuing official or the State Commissioner of Health or such other agency having jurisdiction over sewage plan approval. Historical Note Sec. amds. filed: Oct. 10, 1962; May 31, (a) and (b). 1966; Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. Amended 6.4 Annual permit for operation required. No municipality, person, group of persons, firm, corporation, association, organization or institution shall operate or maintain or permit the use of any swimming pool or bathing beach without a permit from the permit issuing official on a form prescribed by the State Commissioner of Health to be issued subject to the provisions of this Chapter and such additional san- itary or safety safeguards as may be required by the permit issuing official or State Commissioner of Health. Such permit shall state the method of treatment, if any, of the water and the maximum number of persons who will be allowed to use the swim- ming pool at any one time. The permit shall be posted conspicuously at the swim- ming pool or bathing beach. Each such permit shall be issued for a maximum period of one year and may be revoked for cause by the permit issuing official or State Commissioner of Health after a hearing. The revoked permit shall be removed and the notice of revocation of the permit issued by the permit issuing official shall be posted. Historical Note Sec. amds. filed: May 31, 1966; Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. New sec. substituted. 6.5 Application required for permit. Application for such permit shall be made to the permit issuing official on a form prescribed by the State Commissioner of 66.4 H 6-30-78 . %-HAPTER I STATE SANITARY CODE § 6.9 Health at least 30 days before the expiration of a permit or at least 30 days before the opening of any new swimming pool or bathing beach. Historical Note Sec. amds. filed: May 31, 1966; May 29, tuted "30" days for "15" days. 1967: Mar. 9. 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. Substi- 6.6 Variance. The permit issuing official may, on written application and after review, grant a variance from a specific provision of this Part in a specifir case subject to appropriate conditions which shall include a time schedule for compliance where such variance is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of this Part. and where there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship in carrying out the strict letter of the provision. A copy of the variance and timF schedule shall be submitted by the permit issuing official to the State Commissioner of Healthat the time of issuance. Historical Note Sec. added, filed Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION 6.9 Construction and maintenance. Every swimming pool shall be so designed. constructed and equipped as to facilitate cleaning and shall be maintained and operated in such manner as to be clean, safe, and sanitary at all times. A swimming pool and all appurtenances thereto shall be constructed of materials which are inert. non-toxic to man, impervious, which can withstand the design stresses, and which will provide a tight tank with a smooth and easily cleaned surface. Provision shall be made for complete, continuous circulation of water through all parts of the swimming pool. All swimming pools shall have a recirculation system with treat- ment and filtration equipment to provide a quality of water consistent with the bacteriological. chemical and physical standards required in section 6.20. (a) Depth markings and lines. (1) Depth of water shall be plainly marked above the water surface on the vertical wall of the swimming pool and 'or nn the edge of the deck or walk next to the swimming pool, at maximum and minimun. points, and at the points of break between the deep and shallow portions. and at intermediate two -foot increments of depth. spaced at not more than 25-fnor intervals measured peripherally. The depth in the diving areas shall be plainly marked to the satisfaction of the permit issuing official. (2) Depth markers shall be in numerals of four inches minimum height and a color contrasting with background. (3) A floating line shall he provided at the five-foot depth point or "break- point". The five-foot depth location or "breakpoint" at the bottom of the pool shall be marked with a four -inch stripe of a contrasting color. A. four -inch stripe of contrasting color shall be located along the tread edge of all projecting pool steps or underwater ledge. (b) Outlets. All swimming pools shall be provided with an outlet at the deepest point capable of taking 100 percent of recirculated flow to permit the pool to be completely emptied without causing flooding or sewer backup. Openings shall be covered by a grating which is not readily removable by bathers. Outlet openings of the grating in the floor of the pool shall be at least four times the area of discharge pipe, or the velocity of flow through the grate openings shall not exceed one and one-half feet per second under any operating condition including drainage and backwash. . (c) Inlets., Inlets shall, ber located _to ,produce,_uniform circulation of water and to facilitate the maintenance of a uniform disinfectant residual throughout the entire 67 H 3-31-73 : r, § 6.10 TITLE 10 HEALTH swimming pool, without creating stagnant areas. Inlets from the circulation system shall be essentially flush with the pool wall, or floor, and shall have 100 percent flow adjustment. (d) Overflows. (1) Overflow gutters shall be provided on all new swimming pools having a surface area of over 1,600 square feet, and overflow gutters or the equivalent shall be provided on all new swimming pools having a surface area less than 1,600 square feet, to continuously remove floating material, surface dirt and waste water. (2) Overflow gutters shall extend completely around the swimming pool, but may be omitted at steps or recessed ladders. The overflow gutters shall also serve as a handhold. The gutter shall be capable of continuously removing 100 percent or more of the recirculation water and return it to the filter. All new pools with overflow gutters shall be provided with external surge capacity of one United States gallon per square foot of pool area. The gutters, drains, and return piping to the surge tank shall be designed to rapidly remove overflow water caused by recirculation displacement, wave action, or other causes produced from the maximum pool bathing load. Where gutters are used, they shall be designed to prevent entrance or entrapment of bathers' arms or legs. The overflow edge or lip shall be rounded and designed to provide a handhold for bathers. The overflow outlets shall be provided with outlet pipes which shall in any case be at least two inches in diameter. The outlet fittings shall have a clear opening in the grating at least equal to one and one-half times the cross-sectional area of the outlet pipe. (3) Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of roll-out or deck level type swimming pools. Such designs shall conform to the general provisions relating to overflow rates. The design of the curb and handhold shall conform to accepted standards, and approval shall be based on detailed review of this feature of construction and evaluated in the light of proposed use of the pool. (4) Skimmers are acceptable in lieu of overflow gutters on swimming pools containing 1,600 square feet or less of water surface area, provided that hand- holds are installed and sufficient motion to the pool water is induced by the pressure return inlets. At least one skimming device shall be provided for each 400 squge feet of water surface area or fraction thereof. The skimmers shall be designed to continuously remove 100 percent of the recirculated water and return it to the filter. Where two or more skimmers are required, they shall be so located as to minimize interference with each other and be located as far apart as possible to prevent short circuiting to insure proper skimming of the entire pool surface. Equalizer lines shall be provided on all skimmers. Historical Note Sec. added by renum. 6.10 and amd. filed Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. 6.10 Electrical requirements. (a) All new electrical wiring shall conform with the latest edition of the national electrical code of the National Fire Protection Association and applicable State and local building codes. (b) Each underwater light shall be individually grounded by means of a proper ground wire screwed or bolted connection to the metal junction box from which the branch circuit to the individual light proceeds. Such junction boxes shall not be located in the swimming pool deck within four feet of the pool wall (c) No overhead electrical wiring shall pass within 20 feet horizontally of the swimming pool. (d) Ground fault circuit interrupters shall be provided on all new pools, in accordance with the lastest edition of the national electrical code, for all lighting f,S< H 3-31-73 CHAPTER I STATE SANITARY CODE § 6.13 • : f and other electrical circuits in the area of the pool. These devices may be required in an existing pool when the permit issuing official determines it is necessary to, • protect the safety of the bather. (e) Illumination level in indoor pools shall be designed to provide 50 footcandles. )i: intensity over the pool and shall be so designed to limit glare and excessive specular reflections. Historical Note Sec. renum. 6.9, new Sled Mar. 9, 1978 eff. May 1, 1973. 6.11 Interconnections. (a) All portions of the water distribution system serving the swimming pool and auxiliary facilities shall be protected against back- flow. Water introduced into the pool, either directly or to the recirculation system, shall be supplied through an air gap. When such connections are not possible, the supply shall be protected by an approved backflow preventer installed on the dis- charge side of the last control valve to the fixture, device or appurtenance. (b) The water supply serving the swimming pool and all plumbing fixtures including drinking fountains, lavatories, and showers, shall after treatment meet the applicable requirements of Part 5 of this Title for potable water. Historical Note Sec. ands. ®led: Mar. 9, 1978; June 8, 1977 eff. June 24, 1977. .Amended (b). 6.12 Decks and drains. (a) All drainage from an artificial swimming pool structure to a sewer receiving sewage or other waste -water shall be discharged into said sewer in such a manner that sewage cannot be siphoned, flooded or otherwise discharged into the swimming pool. (b) .A. continuous clear deck at least five feet wide shall extend completely around the swimming pool or its appurtenances. The deck shall have an impervious non -slip surface and be sloped to deck drains or trenches at a grade of one-quarter inch to three-eighths inch per lineal foot for the first five feet or clear deck from the end of the coping. Carpeting shall not be used on decks or in shower rooms. Deck drains shall be provided on all indoor pools. Decks, restroom floors and walk- ways shall be kept free of puddling and clean at all times (c) Any swimming pool drain, gutter drain, deck drain or overflow from the recirculation system when discharged to the sewer system or storm drain shall connect through a suitable air gap so as to preclude possibility of backup of sewage or wastewater into the swimming pool piping system. Historical Note See. amd. Sled Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. New sec. substituted. 6.13 Dressing rooms. Dressing rooms provided at swimming pools and bathing beaches shall, be sanitary and adequate. The State Commissioner of Health and/or the permit issuing official shall have authority to prescribe when dressing rooms shall be provided • at any swimming pool or bathing beach. Dressing rooms and facilities shall be designed for each sex and constructed to be easily cleaned, to require minimum maintenance and be of sufficient size to properly handle the popula- tion loads. They shall have impervious floors of smooth non -slip construction which shall be sloped at least one-quarter inch per lineal foot to floor drains to facilitate washing down. All rooms and dressing cubicles shall be properly ventilated to minimize dampness and all benches shall be of smooth and washable material. Historical Note Sec. ands. filed: May 31, 1966; Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. New sec. substituted. 69 H 6-30-77 § 6.14 TITLE 10 HEALTH • 6.14 Showers. Adequate shower facilities shall be provided at artificial swim- ming pools and bathing beaches unless exempted by the State Commissioner of Health and/or the permit issuing official. When such facilities are provided they shall be maintained and operated to the satisfaction of the permit issuing official. Facilities shall be constructed to provide for easy cleaning and minimum mainte- nance. Where showers are provided at bathing beaches or pools they shall have impervious floors of smooth non -slip construction which shall be sloped at least one-quarter inch per lineal foot to floor drains to facilitate washing down. Hot water temperature shall be maintained between 90 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit to prevent scalding and encourage usage and a minimum of three gallons per minute per shower shall be provided. If shower curtains are used, they shall be of plastic or other impervious material and shall be kept clean. Heavy duty wall mounted soap dispensers shall be provided at each individual shower stall or at a rate of one dispenser pertwo shower heads in a common shower room containing more than one shower head. Common use of bar soap shall not be permitted. Historical Note Sec. amds. Sled: May 31, 1966; Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. New sec. substituted. 6.15 Toilet facilities. (a) Sanitary toilet facilities adequate and conveniently accessible, shall be available for each sex utilizing any swimming pool or bathing beach. One toilet for each 40 female bathers shall be provided. However, a minimum of two toilets for female bathers shall be provided at every facility. One toilet and urinal shall be installed for every 60 male bathers. In new construction all urinals shall be wall mounted. One lavatory shall be provided for each 60 bathers. Soap and paper towels or electrical hand drying units shall be supplied. Common use of bar soap shall not be permitted. Partitions between toilets and in dressing rooms shall be at least four inches off the floor and constructed of impervious, easily clean- able material. Toilet rooms shall be adequately ventilated. Suitable waste receptacles shall be provided in all toilet rooms. Suitable sanitary napkin receptacles shall be provided in all female toilet rooms. (b) The sewage or excreta from toilet facilities provided in the vicinity of any swimming pool or bathing beach shall be disposed of in a manner satisfactory to the permit issuing official to avoid pollution of the water used for bathing and to avoid the creation of insanitary conditions at or in the vicinity of such swimming pool or bathing beach. Historical Note Sec. amds. filed: May 31, 1966; Mar. 9, and amended (b). 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. Substituted sew (a) 6,16 Fencing. Artificial swimming pools shall be protected by a fence, wall, building, enclosure or solid wall of durable material. Such artificial barriers shall be constructed so as to afford no external handholds or footholds, be at least four feet in height so that a small child cannot grasp its top by jumping or reaching, and be equipped with a self-closing and positive self -latching closure mechanism at a height above the reach of small children and be provided with a suitable locking mechanism. Historical Note Sec. Sled Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. 70 H 6-30-77 CHAPTER I STATE SANITARY CODE § 6.20 6.17 Drinking fountains. All drinking fountains provided at beaches and pools shall have adequate water pressure and be of sanitary design and construction acceptable to the permit issuing official. Historical Note Sec. added, filed Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. 6.18 Garbage; refuse. Adequate and sanitary facilities shall be provided and maintained for the storage and disposal of garbage and refuse. Sanitary methods shall be used for the collection, temporary storage, handling and disposal of garbage and refuse. Historical Note Sec. added, filed Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. 6.19 Food service. Where provision is made for serving food and/or beverages at the beach or pool, no containers of glass or other material which might cause a hazard to bathers shall be used. The pool facility shall be so arranged and posted to permit the consumption of food and beverages only in a specified area. Any food service area shall comply with Part 14 of this Chapter and applicable local sanitary code requirements. Historical Note Sec. added, filed Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. 6.20 Sanitary quality of water. (a) General provisions. (1) Collection of samples. The State Commissioner of Health and/or the permit issuing official shall prescribe when samples of water shall be subjected to bacteriological examination to determine the sanitary quality of water in any artificial swimming pool, partly artificial swimming pool or bathing beach, and what series of samples of water shall be collected in each instance. (2) Analytical methods. Samples collected from swimming pools and bath- ing beaches shall be examined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Waste and Wastewater of the American Public Health Association by a laboratory approved for the purpose by the State Commissioner of Health. Samples of water submitted to such laboratories shall be accompanied by all pertinent data relative to the operation of the pool or bathing beach to indicate the conditions prevailing at the time of the collection of samples. (b) Specific standards. (1) Artificial swimming pools. (i) Collection of samples. Samples of water for bacteriological examina- tion shall be collected while the swimming pool is in use at a point near the outlet of the swimming pool and at such additional sampling points as may be selected to indicate the quality of the water being maintained throughout the swimming pool, and to furnish information as to the effectiveness of chemical treatment ,of the water in the swimming pool. Samples of chlorinated water collected from a swimming pool shall be subject to bacteriological exam- ination within 30 hours of the time of collection, and such samples shall be dechlorinated when collected before being transported for examination else- where. (ii) Bacteriological quality. Not more than 15 percent of a series of seven or more samples or not any sample in a series of six or less collected from an artificial swimming pool in any one month shall show either the 71 H 3-31-73 § 6.21 TITLE 10 HEALTH presence of bacteria of the coliform group in any of the five 10 milliliter portions examined or more than 1.0 coliform organisms per 50 milliliters when the membrane filter test is used, or contain more than 200 bacteria per milli- liter. (iii) Chemical quality. The water in an artificial swimming pool shall be maintained at all times in such an alkaline condition that the pH value of the water in the pool shall be between 7.2 and 8.2. (iv) Cleanliness. The bottom and sidewalls of artificial swimming pools shall be kept free from sediment and visible dirt. Visible scum or floating matter on the surfaces of such pools shall be removed at least once each day. The water in an artificial swimming pool while in use shall be sufficiently clear to permit a white and black object four inches in diameter, placed on the bottom of the swimming pool at the deepest point, to he clearly visible from the sides of the swimming pool. (2) Partly artificial pools. When an investigation by the State Commis- sioner of Health or by the permit issuing official shows that the water entering a partially artificial pool is so polluted or so subject to pollution as to constitute a potential hazard to the health of the bathers such entering water shall be treated effectively in a manner approved by the State Commissioner of Health or by the permit issuing official. Partly artificial pools shall be provided with effective disinfection; however, the permit issuing official may waive the requirement for. disinfection where sufficient water flow of satisfactory sanitary quality is avail- able to replace the water four or more times in 24 hours. All pool water shall meet the requirements for bacteriological quality and clarity set forth above for artificial pools. (3) Bathing beaches. (a) No bathing beach shall be maintained or operated on a natural body of water when such water is determined by the State Com- missioner of Health or by the permit issuing official to be so polluted or so sub- ject to pollution as to constitute a potential hazard to health if used for bathing. (b) Collection of samples. Samples of water from bathing beaches shall be collected along the safety line within the area utilized for bathing during the bathing period, and such additional samples shall be collected from the sources of waters surrounding the beach as to indicate the sanitary quality of the water likely to affect bathers. (c) Bacteriological quality. The total number of organisms of the coliform group shall not exceed a logarithmic mean of 2400/100 mi. for a series of five or more samples in any 30 day period, nor shall 20 percent of total samples during the period exceed 5000/100 nil. When the alit ve prescribed standards are exceeded, the permit issuing official shall cause an investigation to be made to determine and eliminate the source or sources of pollution. (d) Acidity. The pH shall be within the range of 6.5-8.3 except when due to natural causes and in no case shall it be less than 5.0 nor more than 9.0. Historical Note Sec. amds. filed: May 31, 1966; Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. New sec. substituted. 6.21 Filtration. A recirculation system, consisting of pumps, piping, filters, water conditioning and disinfection equipment and other accessory equipment shall clarify and disinfect the swirnming pool volume of water in eight hours. The recirculation rate shall be a six hour turnover for new swimming pools. (a) Sand type filters. The following requirements are equally applicable to both gravity and pressure sand type filters: Pressure sand type filters shall be designed 72 H 3-31-73 • T CHAPTER I STATE SANITARY CODE § 6.22 for a filter rate of three gallons per minute per square foot of filter area at time of maximum head loss with sufficient area to meet the design rate of flow required by the prescribed turnover. Higher filtration rates up to 15 gallons per minute per square foot may be accepted for limited use pools or small motel or similar type installations where acceptable to the permit issuing official. (b) Diatomaceous ec,rth type filters. The design rate of filtration shall not be greater than two gallons per minute per square foot. The filter and all component parts shall be of such materials, design and construction to withstand normal. con- tinuous use without significant deformation, deterioration, corrosion or wear which could adversely affect filter operation. Historical Note Sec. amds. filed: May 31, 1966; Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. New sec. substituted. 6.22 Disinfection. (a) Disinfection with chlorine. When the disinfection of the water in a swimming pool is by chlorination secured through the use of chlorine. calcium hypochlorite or sodium hypochlorite, the dose of chlorine or chlorine com- pound added shall be sufficient to secure a concentration of at least 0.6 mg '1 free residual chlorine or at least 1.2 mg/1 combined residual chlorine or the sum of free residual chlorine plus combined residual chlorine of at least 1.2 mg/1 in all portions of the swimming pool throughout each bathing period where the pH is maintained between 7.2 and 7.8. When the water in a swimming pool to be disinfected with chlorine has a pH value between 7.8 and 8.2, a free residual chlorine of at least 1.3 mg/1 shall be maintained in the water throughout the bathing period. The chilled orthotolidine-arsenite test. DPD ferrous titrimetric test, leuco crystal violet tests or an equivalent test approved by the State Commissioner of Health or the permit issuing official shall be made at the beginning, during and at the end of each day that the swimming pool is in use to determine the concentration of free residual chlorine and combined residual chlorine in the water All chlorine shall be added to the pool water by positive displacement equipment. (1) Handling of chlorine gas. At all swimming pools where chlorine gas is used as a disinfectant, the chlorinators and any cylinders containing chlorine gas used therewith shall be housed in an enclosure separated from other equip- ment rooms including the swimming pool. corridors, dressing rooms and other space used by the ba thers by a tight partition wall or by a tight partition wall with a door so installed as to prevent gas leakage and equipped with an inspection window. Chlorine cylinders shall be secured from falling and cylinders in use shall be secured on a suitable platform scale. A separate vent opening to the exterior shall be provided. An electric motor -driven fan shall be provided taking suction from near the floor level of the enclosure and discharging at a suitable point to the exterior above the ground level. The switch for the operation of the motor of such fan shall be located at an accessible point outside of the enclosure where the switch will not be exposed to chlorine gas in the event of gas leakage. At least one gas mask in good operating condition and of a type approved bv the U. S. Bureau of Mines as suitable for high concentrations of chlorine gas shall be kept outside the chlorinator room at a readily accessible point. Canister:: shall be dated and be not more than six months old. All new pools using chlorine gas shall be equipped with a self-contained breathing apparatus. The person_ who operates such chlorinating equipment shall be familiar with the use of self- contained breathing apparatus. or where masks are used, with masks and cavi. tern enclosed therewith and he shall carry out exactly all the instructions furnished with them as to the testing and replacement of the canisters. Such additions: precautions shall be taken in the handling and storage of chlorine gas at pool - as may be required by the State Commissioner of Health or by the permit issuing 73 H 3-31-7S -1 § 6.23 ELLUE 10 HEALTH official, and all municipal regulations relating to the handling and storage of toxic gases shall be complied with. (2) Handling of calcium hypochlorite. At all pools where calcium hypo- chlorite is used care must be taken to avoid possible fire`andhexplosion hazards. A dry, above ground, locked storage area shall be provided. All handling or mixing of the chemical shall be with extreme caution. Clean scoops of inert materials shall be used and mixing must be by pouring the chemical into water and never by pouring water into the chemical. (b) Disinfection with bromine. Where bromine is used as the disinfectant, the following conditions shall be complied with: (1) the permit issuing official shall approve use of bromine and the equip- ment provided for feeding on a continuous basis; (2) positive feed equipment shall be provided for pH control and the pH will be kept beween 7.0 and 7.4; (3) test kits shall be provided to measure pH and residual bromine; (4) a bromide residual of 1.5 - g.0 mg/1 shall be maintained at all times the pool is in use; (5) solid stick type bromine (brom-chlor-dimethyl-hydantoin) shall be used with approved feeding equipment. (c) Disinfection- by other than chlorine. Disinfectants other than chlorine may be used if approved by the State Commissioner of Health and such disinfectant shall be so used as td• insure the effective disinfection of the water throughout the pool during each period when the pool is in use, so that the quality of the water in the pool shall meet the requirements of section 6.20. Historical Note Sec. amds. filed: May 31, 1966; Mar. 9, . 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. New sec. substituted. OPERATION AND SUPERVISION OF FACILITIES 6.23 Protection of public water supplies. (a) A swimming pool or bathing beach located on a watershed of a lake, reservoir, stream or other body of water used as a source `of public water supply shall be so operated as not to pollute or contaminate such supply. (b) .Whenever a swimming pool or bathing beach is located on the banks of a lake, reservoir, stream or other watercourse which is 'a source of water supply protected by water rules enacted by the State Commissioner of Health, said water rules shall be strictly observed. Histor'ca1 Note Sec. added by ren. im. 6.30 and amd. filed Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 5, 1973. 6.24 Maximum permissible number of bathers. The maximum number of bathers permitted in any artificial swimming pool at any one time shall not exceed one bather for each 25 square feet of water surface area of. the pool. Historical Note Sec. added by renum. 6.31, and amd. filed Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. 6.2i Operator or attendant and operating records. Each swimming pool or bathing beach shall be under the supervision of a competent operator or attendant who shall require the careful observance of sanitary regulations prescribed in. this Part and the requirements of the permit issued for such pool or beach. At all swimming pools where artificial circulation, filtration, chemical treatment or dilutcn is used, complete daily records shall be kept of the operation of such pools on forms 74 H 3-31-73 'C:HAPTER I STATE SANITARY CODE § 6.29 furnished or approved by the State Commissioner of Health and a copy of si:rh records shall be forwarded at monthly intervals to the permit issuing official. A full report of any serious accident or illness occurring at a swimming pool or bathing beach shall be reported by the operator to the permit issuing official within 24 hours. Historical Note Sec. amd., filed May 31, 1986; renum. 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. 6.25, new added by renum. 6.42, Sled Mar. 9, 6.26 Lifesaving equipment and lifeguards. (a) Readily. accessible lifesaving equipment meeting -the approval of the State Commissioner of Health or the permit issuing official shall be provided at all swimming pools and bathing beaches. Mini- mum equipment at swimming pools shall include two ring buoys at least 18 inches in diameter attached to 25 feet of rope, one reaching pole about 15 feet long, and a first aid kit. At bathing beaches a surf board or boat, a torpedo buoy or ring buoy, and a first aid kit shall be provided. (b) At least' one qualified lifeguard trained to make rescues, give first aid and exercise control. over the bathers in the bathing and swimining:area, or other responsible person acceptable to the permit issuing official, shall be required at all swimming pools for each 75 bathers and at bathing beaches for each 50 yards of beach. Higher ratios are acceptable for beaches serving more than 500 bathers as approved by the State Commissioner of Health. The bathers shall be under the direct supervision of the qualified lifeguard, or other responsible person acceptable to the permit issuing official, and such lifeguard or responsible person shall be present at the bathing area at all times when the pool or bathing beach is officially open. (c) The hours that a swimming pool or bathing beach Is officially open, and a prohibition against swimming or pathing at any other time, shall be prominently posted. (d) Additional qualified lifeguards, or responsible persons acceptable to the permit issuing official, shall be required by the permit issuing official whenever in his opinion it is necessary for the protection of the bathers. • Historical Note See. added by renum. 6.33 and amd. Bled Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. 6.27 Care of suits and towels. All bathing suits and towels furnished or rented to the public shall be washed with soap and hot water, rinsed and thoroughly dried after each use. Historical Note Sea. added by renum. 6.34, Bled Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1978. 6.28 Care of benches and floor surfaces. All benches and floors of dressing rooms, toilet rooms, showers, passageways and walks at every swimming pool and bathing beach shall be well drained and maintained in a clean condition at all times and shall be treated with a suitable fungicide daily. Historical Note Sec. added by renum. 6.35 and amd. filed Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. 6.29 Posting regulations. Placards reciting sections 6.30 to 6.32 inclusive of this Part shall be posted conspicuously at the swimming pool or enclosure and in the dressing rooms and offices of all swimming pools. Historical Note Sec. added by renum. 6.36 and amd. flied Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. 74.1 H 1-31-7r § 6.30 TITLE 10 HEALTH 6.30 Pollution of swimming pool prohibited. Urinating, expectorating or blow- ing the nose in any swimming pool is prohibited. Historical Note Sec. amd. filed May 31, 1968; renum. 6.23, eff. May 1, 1973. new added by 'renum. 6.40, Sled Mar. 9, 1973 6.31 Communicable disease. No person having skin lesions, sore or inflamed eyes, mouth, nose or ear discharges, or who is known to be a carrier of the micro- organisms of any communicable disease, shall use any swimming pool or bathing beach. Historical Note Sec. renum. 6.24, new added by renum. 6.41, Sled Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. 6.32 Spectators. Persons not dressed for bathing shall not be allowed on walks immediately adjacent to artificial swimming pools, and bathers shall not be allowed in places provided for spectators. 6.33 6.34-6.40 6.41-6.42 74.2 H 141-76 Historical Note Sea amd., Sled May 81, 1966, to be eff. Jan. 1, 1967. New sea substituted. Historical Note Sea amd. Sled May 81, 1966; rennm. 8.26 Sled Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1973. Historical Note Sea renum. 6.27-6.30, Sled Mar. 9, 1978 eff. May 1, 1978. Historical Note Sea. amd. Sled May 31, 1966; renum. 6.81-6.32, Sled Mar. 9, 1973 eff. May 1, 1978. MINUTES SIX MILE CREEK STUDY COMMITTEE Meeting of July 28, 1983 Present: .Schickel, Gerkin, Hoffman, Mulholland, Dotson, Lovi, Moon, Coleman, and Woods Guests: Noel Desch and 2 Members of the public. E V E0 AUG This meeting was held to discuss a report from. the Competing Interests SubCommittee concerning the realignment of Burns Road by the Town of Ithaca. The report included a list of activities undertaken to familiarize the members with the project andits site; and a list of observations and ,. recommendations which the Study. Committee should consider. Discussion of .these insued, and included explanations by Mr. Desch and Peter Lovie General feeling of the -meeting was that--a-•new bridge is necessary, but that - the realignment of the road was too near the Upper Reservoir,impinging on a valued natural area of the City. Several suggestions and compromises were discussed. -The meeting culminated with the attached Resolution to be sent to the Town of Ithaca Board, Common Council, and the Board of Public Works. RESOLUTION To: Town of Ithaca'Board From: Six Mile Creek Study Committee City of Ithaca At a meeting of the Six Mile Creek Study Committee ofthe City of Ithaca, July 28, 1983, the following.'resolutions were passed:, RESOLVED: The Committee requests the preparation of an alternate plan for the realignment of Burns Road, the location of the road to be farther east of the Upper Reservoir. RESOLVED: That we be supplied with more information about: 1.• -Accident Data . 2. Impact of project on wildlife. 3.. Species of wildlife in the area. 4e Phasing arid timing -of the.project. Respectfully submitted: Six Mile Creek Study Committee cc: Board of Public Works, CITY Common -Council, CITY, CITY .OF ITHACA 108 EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW July 20, 1983 W. Daniel Tourance Hart Road - Spencer, New York 14883 Dear Mr. Tourance: TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 I am writing in response to your letter to the Editor. First, let me correct your assumption that the proposal to drain the lower reservoir was, in fact, made by me. That is not the case. The suggestion was made to me and was conveyed directly to a Six Mile Creek Study Commission. My role has been to propose and establish -the Six Mile Creek Study _Commission to look at a large variety of problems, questions and concerns that have arisen concerning the use of our Six Mile Creek area. That Commission is not limited to the swimming question alone nor is it limited to a single pro- posal such as draining a particular reservoir. Instead, it was conceived with the thought that a wide variety of concerns and problems should all be brought to focus and a long term solution or at least improvement of the various problems proposed to our Common Council and Board of Public Works. For my -purpose, the goal is long term and general in nature and no specific proposal should be rejected or immediately supported. The caliber of people on the Commission is first rate and I am convinced will give the matter serious deliberation. Thank you for your interest in this matter. Very truly yours, William R. Shaw, Mayor WRS/jjh 111_ cc: Gerald Schickel COMMON COUNCIL CITY DF ITHACA 1 OB. EAST GREEN STREET, ITHACA, NEW YORK '14850. MEMO TO: Jack Dougherty,: lss't Su erintendent of 'Public Barbara Lund, City Engineer FROM: Dan Hoffman DATE: July -11, 1983 REF Construction Work in Six Mile Creek Watershed Works TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 . As you know, 1 am chairing a subcommittee of the Six Mile - Creek Study Committee.: h :has.:.been charged .with looking into and presenting recom_mendationa about the various "competing influences" that affect'the watershed, such as development, hydropower, Burns Road relocation, and: DPW construction 'and maintenance activities. Because the Town of Ithaca has asked for the City°s opinion on the Burns Road relocation project, I visited the area,in.question on Saturday July 9. In examining the City -owned property'west of the present Burns Road, to the upper edge of the 60 -foot reservoir, 1 was quite surprised -and distressed by the extent of.the earth- moving and clearing. operation that. was in process on the north side of the creek, and even in the creek itself new system of roads, wide enough to handle'large trucks, and . `connected to Burns Road, is being bulldozed, stretching almost to the eastern shore of the (drinking supply) reservoir. Substantial amounts of vegetation cover and mature 'trees have •been removed. -A, dumping area for logs and stumpa has been created. Large piles of dirt are sitting adjacent, to the creek, and. bulldozer tracks lead into the creek itself. .In general, the area has taken on the appearance of a construction site rather than a natural preserve. • In Mayor.Shawls press release announcing his formation of the• Study Committee, he said that "the goals of the committee should be to .identify and prioritize the basic public needs and requirements in the watershed. area so that methods for preserving and protecting and maintaining the area can -be established and implemented.." Since- aspects of points: * The drinking * The =then, the committee has spent much time debating specific watershed use, but has agreed on the following broad environmental quality of the watershed as a public supply is to be protected. character of the area is to remain as "natural".or as possible. * Access to the area' is to be limited and controlled. "wild" Dougherty/Lund 7-11-83 page 2 = My concern about the work being done near Burns Road is that it •appears to conflict with these basic. goals: it affects. .siltation, it makes access from Burns Road much easier (as evi- denced by the bike tracks in the dirt), and it detracts from the natural character of the area. So that we are not working at cross _purposes, I believe it would be logical and .timely to inform and involve the Study Committee in consideration of major physi-: cal changes in the watershed area._ Therefore,. I respectfully request that . you suspend the con- -struction operations to -which I've referred, pending discussion with the "Competing Influences" subcommittee and with the Study Committee -itself. .I.feel especially strongly that roads should not be extended any closer to the Reservoir. • Jack, I know'we have a meeting set for Thursday, and I'm - so.rry this -won't wait till then. If I had been aware of the Burns. Road situation when I spoke. with you, I would have brought it up :then. Please let me know as soon as you can (and before the BPW .meeting).how you.feel--about.this request. _Thank you very much .for your cooperation. • c c : Mayor -Bill Shaw" Jerry Schickel Don Kinsella (on vacation) Walt Happel CITY DF ITHACA 108 EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW MEMO TO: Thys VanCort, Director of the Planning and Development Dept. Barbara Lund, City Engineer FROM: Bill Shaw, Mayor DA1J: July 13, 1983 SUBJECT: Burns Road - Environmental Impacts Town of Ithaca.- Notice of Positive Declaration -Burns Road Relocation TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 Attached hereto please find the above entitled matter received today from the Town -of Ithaca. -Please note we -have-15 calendar--_days--{until July.26, 1983) to contest this-designat.ion,.if we deem so adviseable. ATTACH. CC:- Richard -Banks. Dan.:Hoffman James Dennis The- attachment-_._(original)._was ..given. to Mr.-VanCort, if you -would like to have a copy, please contact. him directly or stop by his office to look --at it. --Thank you. (It.consisted'of approximately -20 pages).- • "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" TOWN OF ITHACA 126 EAST SENECA STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 NOTICE OF POSITIVE DECLARATION TOWN OF ITHACA BURNS ROAD RELOCATION July 11, 1983 Honorable William R. Shaw, Mayor City of Ithaca 108 Green Street Ithaca, NY 14850 Dear Mayor Shaw: The Town Board has directed its engineering and planning staff to proceed with the development of: design documents for the .relocation of a sec -tion of -Burns Road.. _According to SEQRA and Town_ ..of .-.Itha.c_a__-.Loc_al Law - -#3, 1980 , this -project is a Type I action. . The-- Board ---has- - -found - -that _such _•:action.__ -=may- have-- - significant - environmental .- _ impacts _ " and - has _ - directed _ the - - preparati.on -:oft .a :draft -- -env-ironmental_:...impact--_-statement____(DEIS ) which is _enclosed. - The -environmental- ass.essment form reviewed-tby-- the Town Board on -June 21, 1983 is also - included. Based upon the -.:_.criteria _ listed in - SEQR 6 NYCRR, - Part 611, the _ Town _Board,: -finds::_ that it should act-. --as the lead --agency - _The impacts _� -of thrs project will be local :.in -scope :and minimal.-: in extent . If -any. " agency. objects :to :the _.status .of the _Town,.B.oard. as the --.-lead agency., . that _agency .shall -have_ 15 `calender days (until July_..26; -1-983.) -to contest chis -_designation: - - This - letter___ shall also .-._serve- -as _..notice=:.that • comments acc-epted-=on=-•the-==draft_=_environmental-_ impact -_statement__=for -45- • calender_.- days- (u-nt.i1_._-Aug.ust:_.25 ,: ___1983-x._ : Any_—comments----show-ld be - direct -ed --to ±h-e-prep-arer- and -=contact Peter .M.-Lovi=,-- Town 126 -East .,Seneca-_Streetr-Ithaca; NY 148.50; (607)-=--273=1.7-47 If you have -any questions; feel free -to .call me: Sincerely, Noel Desch Supervisor R CEIVED .1.1!. 2 198 William Shaw, Mayor, City of Ithaca Barbara Lund, City Engineer Dan Hoffman, 5th ward alderman David Banfield, 5th ward alderman David Corina, candidate for 5th ward alderman Carolyn Peterson, candidate for 5th ward alderman Editor, The Ithaca Journal Subject : Draining the lower reservoir Since the unfortunate death at the lower reservoir, the City has been attempting to deal with the fact that many, many Ithacans use this beautiful lake for recreation. The latest proposal is to. drain the lower reservoir! Not satisfied with killing the offending tree where the boy had his accident, now city authorities want to drain the water where he drowned. Please, consider the absurdity of this idea. The fact is, the lower reservoir is a marvellous recreation area, one that could not be duplicated within today's budget. Thousands of Ithacans get many, many hours of enjoyment there each summer. A nice rocky area to sunbathe, deep water with no appreciable current or underwater hazards, a small lake which can be easily swum... what an ideal spot! In short, what is wrong with swimming and sunbathing? The city wants to prove that it cares about its citizens, so it reacts to a freakish accident by planning to destroy a unique recreation area! I for one vehemently oppose this plan. Consider the death. As I understand it, the boy'swung out over the water, didn't drop into it, and swung back into the tree. He was knocked out, and tumbled into the water, where he drowned. An unfortunate accident, to be sure, but it says nothing about the safety of swimming at the lower reservoir. It seems to me that the hazard of the tree was in plain view for the boy to see. There is no hazard in the water itself, there is no hazard on the shore. The boy made a serious mistake, but where is the city at fault? I value the lower reservoir. I swim in it at least once a week in the summer. It is far superior to a pool, in that I can swim for 400 yards without bumping into an end wall, it is a large uncrowded body of water, it's not chlorinated, and it is in a beautiful wooded area. Don't tell me to go to Cass Park! My safety is my concern. I am a good swimmer. I wouldn't swim across a lake if I wasn't. Unless there are hidden hazards in the water (like a strong current or rocks), I feel that the city is not responsible for my safety. So, I urge you to condone swimming in the lower reservoir, and let Ithacans enjoy their summers. David G. Rossiter 621 Utica St., Ithaca CITY OF !THACA 108 EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF MAYOR TELEPHONE: 272-1713 WILLIAM R. SHAW CODE 607 MEMO TO: Chief James Herson FROM: Bill Shaw, Mayor DATE: July 7, 1983 SUBJECT: Six Mile Creek Study Committee Please be•sure that the Ithaca Police Department -is represented regularly, if • possible, on the Six Mile Creek Study COIlullittee. I want to make sure that- recommendations that come out of that Coimiiittee reflect imput-from the side of the local police as -to what is enforceable. Bob Howard -has been:at one meeting and I know that Captain -Devlin attended another meeting. It is vital- that.we maintain regular input -to that-=groups•discussions. - CC: Gerry Schickel "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" Mr. Bud Gerk.in 116 Mitchell 8t. Ithaca, NY 14850 629 Valley Rd. Brooktor,dale, NY 14817 July 6, 1983 hear Bud, Ori bar --. �-�° - - ampkins County SPCA, I'd like to thank you grid ,the 7:. Mi].e Creek. Commi ee for inviting the SPCA to comment on the coy -_ of permitting people to walk their dogs within the watershed area. As we understand it, this practice :1s currently permitted'and is enjoyed by a number of people and their rets. The area is within the Jurisdictions of the C:itY and Town of Ithaca, and so is subject to their existing leash .laws. In general, there have been no significant problems with dogs- creating a nuisance or harming the area. Based on this experience, we recommend no changes to the present Policies. At the same time, we always wish to encourage dog owners to behave resPonsi.bly - to' keep their animals .under control and to clean-up after them lest the trails become fouled. We heartily endorse your suggestion of installing reminder signs and providing cleanup SCOOPS for People's use while walking dogs within the watershed. The 8F'CA will be happy to suPPort such a Project in any way we can. I'm very pleased to see that .,he committee is giving thought to the value of enjoying scenic areas with a frier;d', whether that friend goes ori two legs or four. I'm also confident that r,eople and their dogs can continue to use this area without harm and with considerable benefit for a:1. 8i ricere3.Y, Catherine A. H. Mirk President, Board of Directors Tompkins County SPCA r A; JIWO I THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Cornell University THURSTON HALL, ITHACA, NEW YORK 14853 (607) 256-5062 1-10 I•1 • NV 031 at WILLI, Avv, et -t--flutal Diect, . su esic;w, r" alp sktre 1L proto 1ew, 4 Stuiovtivi mcj o 5t c v de. creek . P'ertrcLiAci ex e cu t cAn. Q e. 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LuA.J -tom d be_f --iJP ke4 cLicl -111/412 striAAce,t. cetkvo -P-azt32.0 6-J fuebsvw, (AU, B+Le livtAmr-0-.±-ttva. tz)Joi 1 -kg 0,t-_&6,44-- � �- '^'' -11,e re"-a2Amo., v-00 cAtek/J Scx wick cam.. fiuse4LA oAt —rite sut,200,.D rae du.re —10J 010- Vyt r,,� be RECEIVED AUK 3 0 1 s l("e- 28 1483. eA ck. /3+ Judto.0 a_a+i/tvte. 4(4,1 0, ace_6_ G Ku& c vi. w a.. -i- W' e- inn +or-644,11A_-rte s, -ca , _' ki2.60J ` tu- s -tom ak t„e h .. - ld VIOL+ —ttQl— trf 62"it Ntilhuvtl • " ILA per. 5 `Tura e� THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Cornell University cf� THURSTON HALL, ITHACA, NEW YORK 14853 (607) 256-5062 Ms. Jane Marcham, Editor Ithaca Journal 123 W. State Street Ithaca, NY 14850 Dear Jane: June 22, 1983 This is submitted as either a local opinion article or letter to the editor as you see fit. The tragic drowning of a high school class president in Six Mile Creek raises a recurring dilemma for Ithacans. Are Ithaca's beautiful gorges too dangerous for the public to enjoy? There will doubtless be cries to "shut down the gorge," post more "no trespassing" signs, ticket swimmers and other futile gestures in trying to protect our youth from the dangerous beauty that is Ithaca. Frustration with lack of a solution to this problem often shows up in the headlines by scolding the victim — "he was swimming illegally." But what is more American than young people swimming down at the "ole swimming hole" — it is material for a Norman Rockwell painting. Legally, this particular swimming hole is a backup reservoir, but in fact, it can only be used as such when the piping and pump station are repaired. Some, of course, feel that there is something slightly sinful at the reservoir. But in recent years, modesty has returned to the sub -21 set, and more than 90% of those at the 30 ft. dam are generally "appropriately clothed." What draws hundreds of young people to the gorge is that it is the only place within walking distance where one can enjoy both natural swimming and the special smells, sounds and sights of Ithaca's gorges in the summer. It is somewhat ironic that our T-shirts and tourist propaganda proclaim ITHACA IS GORGES, and yet there is no public place in the city to enjoy these natural wonders. But this was not always the case. As a student here in the early sixties, I can remember swimming (legally) at Stewart Park and in the gorge at the northend of Beebee Lake. Older residents have told me that the City at one time had swimming at Six Mile Creek right off Giles Street. While most older' folks have accepted the chlorinated surburan substitute for natural swimming at Cass Park, IC, or Teagle, our young people have not. (As a former member of the Youth Board, I know w that the Cass Park pool has not been sold out even on very hot days.) Instead of blaming the victim who drowns in Fall Creek or Six Mile Gorge, it is time Ithacans try to answer a recreational need that is lacking in our community. I do not recommend, however, that the old reservoir be opened for public swimming — it is too difficult to access, and the large number of people there now are despoiling a fragile wild flower habitat. Of the three city gorges, I would recommend that the City or County youth bureaus, and Cornell jointly restore and operate swimming in the east gorge of Beebe Lake. I think it will draw off many of the swimmers who now hike down to the reservoir, since many ivur- -2 - are summer school students at Cornell. Beebe Lake gorge has all the trappings of the reservoir, cliffs to dive off of (safely), rocks to sun on, the sound and smell of a waterfall, and swimming can be easily supervised by life guards. Cornell alumni, I'm sure, would support the restoration of Beebe Lake as a recreation area. But I think a public agency like the City or County Youth Bureaus should oversee the life guard operation in order to allow local youth to enjoy the swimming. In the past twenty years, both the City and Cornell have understandably sought to avoid the problems and responsibility for maintaining natural swimming areas. This policy has not saved lives, however, as witnessed by yearly swimming related deaths at both Fall Creek and Six Mile Creek gorges. If we are concerned about the safety of our children, yet want to allow them to enjoy the natural pleasures that were once in our recent past, we should act on this immediately. Sincere y, 1.1'4141/ - Francis C. Moon (The writer is currently a member of the City Hydropower Commission and is its representative to the Six Mile Creek study committee.) C -c OFFICE OF • DONALD A. KINSELLA. P.E. SUPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS RECE VEO' APR. CITY OF ITHACA 108 EAST GREEN STREET ITI-IACA, NEW YORK 14850 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS MEMO R A N D U M TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 To: City Attorney Tavelli From: Donald A. Kinsella Re: Six Mile Creek Study Committee Date: April 4, 1983 The Mayor established a Six Mile Creek Study Committee to review possible compatible use as a watershed and raw water supply for the City. Attached are documents relative to our present background data. My -concerns generally are: 1. What are the basic requirements of law to inform public against trespassing (City and Town), i.e. posting, surveillance, etc.? 2. What are legal liabilities that the City now faces due to passive acknow- ledgement of present use (i.e. nudity, casual access by unauthorized persons, etc.)'? 3. What may be an effective legal approach to mitigate the current abuses, via rules, regulations, etc.? 4. What may be legal difficulties involved with a limited multi-purpose use of the area? Will you please advise me as to the potential rules/regulations and their enforceability.. Please contact me and/or Gerry Schickel if you have any questions. cc: Board of Public Works Mayor City Engineer "An Equal Opportunity Ernp!uyer wrtn an Affirmative Artron Pro.;ram" M.•ry! � r_ ' = Vii. j.^ :..•....r.-.- -,� -•..,:-6.4,.-, -.. +',`'e "Qin ?;- LAr. r• `; :::i;S c ;rkowNj.- t" :v. T'=�qa,, yt;:,, Sb+rr ^�k. :i 3S'4j. may:- 1^,, ,_ APPLICATION OF RULES • The following rules and regulations enacted in accordance with the pro- visions of Sections 70. 71 and 73 of Chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws. (Public Health Law). as finally amended by Chapter 391 of the Laws of 1933 shall apply to all natural rnd artificial reservoirs on Six Mile Creek and its tributaries which serve as sources of the public water supply of the City of 'Ithaca, Tompkins County and to all watercourses tributary thereto or ultimately discharging into raid reservoirs. • DEFINITIONS OF TERMS WHEREVER USED IN THESE RULES: The term **water supply" means the public water supply of the City of Ithaca. The term "reservoir" means the "30 foot dam" reservoir and the "60 foot dam" reservoir, said bodies of water serving as sources of water aupply of the City of Ithaca. and shall include any additional reservoir which may be constructed or used for said water- supply. The term "watercourse" means every spring. pond (other than reser- voirs). stream. marsh. or channel of any kind. the waters of which clow or may flow into this water supply. The linear distance of a structure or object from a reservoir or water- course Isthe shortest horizontal dis- tance from the nearest point of the • • structure or object to the high water mark of a reservoir or to the edge. • margin or precipitous bank forming ' • the ordinary high water mark of such watercourse. The term "human excreta" means feces. urine and other excretions. com- monly disposed of by the so-called system as typified by the ordinary privy. The term "sewage" means waste liquids containing human excreta and 11 -r decomposing matter flowing In or , from a house drainage system or sewer. For the purpose of graduating the severity of the rules•iln their emelt:a- . tion to different parts bf the drain- age area so as to conform to the vary- ing degrees of danger to the wa!er supply. the drainage arca Is divided into the following zones: Zone I 'shall Include all reservoirs of the public water supply of the City of Ithaca on Six ?dile Creek and the drainagearca tributary to said reser- voirs and the streams entering them between the crest of the "30 foot dam and the intersection of Six Mile Creek with the western boundary of the Town of Caroline west of the hamlet of Erooktondalc. Zone II shall include that portion of the drainage arca tributary to the Six Mile Creek not included In Zone 1 as above defined. IIUMAN EXCRETA 1. No human excreta shall be- de- posited, thrown or placed. or allowed to escape Into any reservoir or water- course. 2. No human excreta shall be placed or spread upon the surface of the ground at any point on the watershed of the water supply. 3. No human excreta shall be buried In the soil on the watershed of the water supply unless deposited tn' trenches or pits at a distance of not • less than three hundred (300) feet from any reservoir, or at a distance of not less than one hundred and fifty (150) feet from any wa•trcuurse to Zone I. or one hundred (100) feet from any watercourse in Zone II. and cov- ered with not less than eighteen (18) inches of soil,in such a manner as to - effectually prevent Its being washed over the surface of the ground by rain • sr melting snow. 4. No -privy or receptacle of any -kind..... for the storage or deposit of human excreta shall be constructed. placed, maintained or allowed to remain with- in one hundred (100) feet of nny reser- voir. or within fifty (50) feet of r.ny watercourse in Zone I. or within twenty-five (25) feet of any water- course in Zone II, except a properly • constructed and operated sewage Ms; posal plant, as hereinafter_set forth in Rule 8. provided, however, that the property on which the privy or re- t is so locpatede bounded, orotherwise sothbe tplaced that the distances above named can b•• obtained within the limits of such• property. 5. Every privy or receptacle of nny kind for the storage or depoalt of human excreta, built or to be built on property which is so located, bounded or othervrisc placed that the distances named in Rule 4 shall be placed as far as rbe r possible from any reservoir or watercourse and especially constructed of masonry. concrete -or metal to form a . water- tight receptacle from which no out- ward percolation can fake Mace. Where removable watertight contain- ers are provided. they shall be located as far as practicable from any reser- voir or watercourse. All privies or re- ceptacles referred to in this' regula- tion -shall be constructed or installed only with the approval and under the supervision of the Department of Pub- lic Works of the City of Ithaca `and re• sn m ollutioner soff the public wto ater vent any pollution supply. 6: Every privy or receptae!e for the storage or deposit of human excreta located within the distances of one hundred (100) feet and two hundred (200) feet of any reservoir. between fifty (50) feet and one hundred (100) feet of any watercourse in Zone I. or between twenty-five (25) feet and fifty (50) feet of any watercourse In Zone II, shall be arranged so that all ex- creta will be received_ in a suitable watertight receptacle or removable container, which shall be emptied r when filled within six Inches of the top. The contents. 1f disposed of on .'the watershed. shall be burled as set forth in Rule 3. 7. Whenever. In the opinion of the State Commissioner of Health, ex- cremental matter from the aforesaid privy, receptacle, trench or place of disposal may be washed over the sur- face of the ground or through the soil In an Imperfectly purified condition into any reservoir or watercourse. the said privy, receptacle. trench. or place of disposal shall be removed after due notice to the owner thereof. to and) places as shall be considered safe and proper by the State Commissioner of Health. SEWAGE • 8. No sewage shall be discharged or allowed to flow Into any reservoir or watercourse. nor deposited on or be- neath the surface of the ground within one hundred and fifty (150) feet of any reservoir. or within one hundred (103) feet of any watercourse in Zone I or within fifty (50) feet of any water- course In Zone II, except into water- tight receptacles. the contents of which shall be disposed of as provided for by Rule 3. If such watertight re- ceptacles are used, they shall not be located within seventy-five (75) feet of any reservoir. within fifty 150) feet of any watercourse In Zone ' I. or - within twenty-five (25) feet of any watercourse In Zone II, provided. however. that the property nn which the receptacle Is built or to be built Is so located, bounded ur otherwise placed that the distances above named can be obtained within the limits of the property. In eucn case the watertight receptacle shall be constructed and maintained as pro- vided for in Rule 5. These restriction. and limiting •1ist..r.ces shall not apply tr sewage treatnent plant,- installed.__._ under and In accordance with plana which first have been submitted tc., and appr•rved by the State Comutis- rioner of Health. WASTE. REFUSE AND GARBAGE 9. No bath water. sink. or laundry wastes or polluted liquid of any kind shall be discharged or allowed 1.0 flow Into any reservoir or watercourse. nor be deposited on ur beneath the 'sur- face of the ground within one hun- dred (100) feet of any reservoir, forty 140) feet of any watercourse in Zone 3. or twenty (20) feet of any water- course In Zd'ne IL 10. No garbage. refuse, putrescible matter. decayed fruits or vegetables. dead animals or parts thereof, of any other matter that pollutes water shall be deposited In any reservoir or watercourse nor on or beneath the . surface of the ground within one hundred (100) feet of any reservoir. thirty-five (35) feet of any water- course in Zone I nor twenty (20) feet of any watercourse b. one II. • nor In such manner that It can be wa.9hed by rain, melting snow or otherwise over the surface or through . the ground into any reservoir or water- course. BATHING 11. No person or persons shall bathe or swim or be allowed to bathe or swim in any reservoir. or in any watercourse in Zone I. FISHING. BOATING ' . OR ICE CUTTING 12. No boating. or fishing of any • kind, ice cutting or any trespassing whatever shall be allowed !n or 4po11 the waters or ice of any reservoir tributary to the public water supply, except by duly authorized employes of the City of Ithaca in the perform- ance of their duties of supervision • and maintenance of, the watar supply. PLACES FOR ANIMALS 13. No 'animal or poultry shall he allowed to stand. wade. wallow or swim nor to be washed or watered In any reservoir and no watering place shall be maintained in such way as to pollute any watercourse with excremental matter. - 14. No stable for cattle or horses. barnyard. hogyard. pigpen. poultry house or yard. hitching place or standing place for horses or other animals shall be so located or main- tained In such a manner that the drainings, teachings, or washings therefrom may pollute any reservoir or watercourse. 15. No manure pile shall be main- tained or allowed to remain within one hundred (100) feet of any reser- voir, nor within 'fifty (30) feet of any watercourse In Zone I. nor with- in twenty-five (25) feet of any watercourse In Zone II. CAMPS 36. No camp. tent. building or other structure for the occupancy of tran- sients or for the housing of labor- ers engaged in construction work or for other use. except as a private camp or dwelling maintained by a person for his own personal use. or for use of family and friends. shall be located, placed or maintained with- in a distance of three hundred (300) feet of any reservoir or watercourse. CEMETERIES 17. No interment of a human body shall be. made within a distance of three hundred (300) feet .of any reservoir. or within a distance of one hundred and fifty (150) feet. of any watercourse In Zone I. or within fifty (50) feet of any watercourse in Zone II. GENERAL CLAUSE 18. In addition to observing the foregoing requirements all persons living on or visiting the watershed shall refrain from any act though not heretofore specified. which may re- sult to contamination of any portion of the water supply. INSPECTIONS 19. The Department of Puhltc Works of the City of Ithaca or such other person or persons. as may be charged with the maintenance or su- pervision o1 the water supply. or the duly appointed representative of the city, shall make regular and thorough inspections of the reservoirs. water- courses. and watersheds tributary thereto for the purpose of ascertain- ing whether the above rules and reg- ulations are being compiled with, and it shall be the duty of said De- partment of Public- Works to cause copies of any rules and regulations violated to be served upon the per- sons violating the same. together with notices of such violation. If such persons served do not tnuncdinteiy comply with the rules and rsgulntlons it shall be the further duty of said Departmept of Public Works to promptly notify the State Commis- sioner of Health of such violations. The Department of Public Works shall report to the State Commis- sioner of Health in writing annually, on the first day of January. the re - etas of the regular inspections cicada during the preceding year. stating the number of Inspections which have been made. the number of violations found. the number of notices nerved. and the general condition of the watershed at the time of the last in- spection. PENALTY 20. In accordance with Section 79 of Chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws (Public Health Law). as amended by Chapter 391 of the Laws of 1933, the penalty for each and every violation of. or non-compliance with. any of these rules and regulations which re- late to a permanent source or art of contamination is hereby fixed at one hundred dollars ($100.00). The rules and regulations for the protection from contaminationof the public water supply of the City of Ithaca enacted by the State Com- missioner of Health on April 21. 1903 are hereby rescinded and the tcregoing rules and regulations for the protection from contamination of • the public water supply of the City of Ithaca are hereby 'duly made. or- dained. and established this toth ay of August. 1936. pursuant Chap- ter 45' of the Consolidated Laws@a11-1L4 (Public Health Law). of the State of New York. as amended by Chapter 391 of the Laws of 1933. EDWARD S. - GODFREY JR., M.D. Commissioner of Health. Albany. N. Y. • Approved and adopted by the Board of Public Works Sept. 9. 1936. Pub- lished, pursuant to law. and proof of publication together with copy -of said rules and regulations filed with the County Clerk. Date to take effect October 15. 1936. • J. E. MATTHEWS. City Clerk. Ithaca. N. Y. Oct. 6. 14. e • • • • d —omit• ;•4 • § 1102 �• 1 , to `I••..I"1. C1\•.,� forcemeat' of the rules and- r i .*.n - :',42.141 bona made for tha sanitary protee-....Sb>;, p4 rK:re . ttOne tion bf the elty water supply Inde. 1a� 3";u1, .. - pendently of the waterworks, comilii- 5#'`t• -tet', . • ., i. �r n furnishingthe water eupp1Y" ' e .•abd ?i=' # - � ' a i the city. 1003, Op.Atty.Geri• 323.• .,.d itltWiii/* ����„ ..... ' `, %,s' - •2. Abatement of palletise• •.� " ,444''. _t��';•►j=am Local board' of health' are empow>° �- m ..� : , ' � , �, �;: ered to abets pollution of water sup• , ani • �p • . ess'tif ! 1 •'a . ;, •.v r ply. 1931, Op•A.ttg.Gen.863. dye`ased woolarn">`lve14,.. ;9. ':� = and •t1 paper) -t 1* n re •1.N.'.*',1i`i: 3. Defenses possibly the r3eptic:,ta�Y:•:4.1$ j4' (tie,. Plaintiff paper company operated considerable ponnidn- nt*Dn.'-` IN mall on a stream.using the water-:o,t.•tha arreare lry,.de i � a > :a••�r' both for power and for mixing with . reasonable _ nn4.•-enls rt.atbem vronld �- � • the material from which paper was amount unt owe ora made, and required water compare justify. Th Piper - Co. r'''•- - tively pure to. mix with wood pulp, - Glenside'Woolef Milla,'..1£09 -hi `--•t Defendant woolen • company bad a 205, 118 N.Y.B. 1034,E -mill one-half mile up the stream, APP+Dap, 07§".124:104452', affirm ".` :• "K where it manufactured black .woolen 204 N.Y. 58$; 9TN..t• =.'...3 ` .,.,+ i.-' ;' ,-M • .1. If any rule or regulation promulgated .pursuant one thousand one hundred of this chapter relates to, to tparar !;:-• Z'r source or act of contamination, any person violating regulation shall be liable to prosecution for misdemeanor for ery such violation, and on conviction thereof shalt be punis by a fine not -exceeding two 'hundred dollars; br impYisonmerii • . not exceeding one year, or both. 2. If any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant.to section,;:: one thousand one hundred of this chapter relates to a permanent : . source or act ofcontamination, the department may impose:Pe1- .• alties for the violation thereof orthe noncompliance therewith,- _• not exceeding two hundred dollars for every such - violatiali or - noncompliance. - •.-L.1953, c. 879, eff. June 1, 1954. _ r • • • Historical Not. 'Section derived in part from sec- tion 70 of Public Health Law of 1909, added L.1909, c. 49; amended L.1911, c. 695; L.1915, c. 685; L. 1928, c. 309, $ 1; L.1933, c. 391; re- pealed by section 5002 of this chap- ter. Said section 70 was from sec- • tion . 70. of Public - Health law of 1893, added L.1893, c. 881; •..amended L.1899, c. 251,1 1; L.1004, c. .484, 1 4; repealed L1909, c. 49.; originally. -.: revised from L.1885, c, 543, $ 1;: • amended L.1888, c. 52, a§ 2, 8• . Cross 1te2arences Throwing as tar or refuse into public waters, see section 1300-b. . 236 • • ,..Y. ,, • •1 44 • 1150.1 .10,:11:114.7.1.= (d) (Compost.] No human excreta or compost containing human excre%A•tehatl be spread upon tie ground within 250 feet of the high-water mark or preeipit us bank of any reservoir, spring, stream, ditch or watercourse aforesaid,. and Tso manures or composts of any kind shall be deposited so that they may be washe4 a less distance than 250 feet over the surface of the ground or 50 feet throwth the subsoil into .any reservoir, spring, stream, ditch or watercourse aforesaid, 'and no compost containing human excreta shall be placed, or spread upon any `gib*. whatever draining into any reservoir, spring, stream, ditch or Iwatorcouree e 0 said, if such ground elopes directly to such reservoir, spring, • stream, watercourse at an average slope of more than 10 feet vertical to 100 feet box -frontal.. (e) Dead animals, vegetable refuse and manufacturing wastes. N dead bird or fish or part thereof nor any filthy or imuure matter, nor any decayed fruit or vegetable substance nor any waste products, putrescible Matter or polluted waters from any slaughterhouse, dairy, creamery, cider mill, sawmill or other manu- factory shall be thrown or allowed to run into any reservoir; spring, stream, ditch . or watercourse aforesaid, nor shall they be so deposited that any portion thereof or of the polluted drainage therefrom shall be washed over or on the •surface' distance of less than 250 feet or• throughthe subsoil a distance of less than' 50 feet into any reservoir, spring, stream, ditch or watercourse aforesaid 'without having. undergone proper purification. (2) (Cemeteries.] No interment of a human body shall be made within 500 feet of the high-water mark or precipitous bank of any reservoir, spring` stream, a% S.4:r. 7f�ti N ditch or watercourse aforesaid.€.• • •• (g) Use of rsaervolri for tufting tics. and flaking (1) ••m eT!! {4. p2 ,- :�. -.Waverly public water supply shall not be used to aupply.i9 forpUbb purPbees and teams. cattle or men 312.41 not enter upon o p9n -• a i •F •, ..�• purpose 'of cuttingor removing ants a;oring Ste• -'.' a4%` . s . •. (2) • No person shall either 'with nets; -line 'end hook -'or. hi any btkak'? y -1 :-1 fish •or catch or attempt• -to' catch any • fish; from 'the reaervoira of thiel PFaih rllr -: • water supply. =. • Sec: • . _ CITIES 350.1 City of Ithaca PART 150 TOMPKI S COUNTY SSC. • — • INSTITUTIONS ..• 150.2 Cornell University at Ithaca CITIES • Section 150.1 City of Ithaca. • • (a) Application. •The following rules and regulations enacted in accordance :with the provisions of sections 70, 71 and 73 of chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws (Public Health Law), as finally amended by chapter 391 of the Laws of 1933, shall apply to all natural and artificial reservoirs on Six Mile Creek and its tributaries which serve as sources of the public water supply of the city of Ithaca, Tompkins •. County, and to all watercourses tributary thereto or ultimately discharging into said reservoirs. (b) Definition of terms. Wherever used in this section: (1) The term water supply rnean.3 the public water aupply of the city of Ithaca. (2) The term reservoir means the 30 foot dam reservoir and the 60 foot dam reservoir, said bodies of water serving as sources of water supply of the 762 H 6-15-62 4. CRAFTER III PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES city of Ithaca and shall include any additional rcaorvoir which may be con- etructed or used for said water eiipply. ri and (other than reservoirs). (3) -The term watercourse means every spring, P stream, marsh. or channel of any kind, the waters of which Sow or may flow into this water supply. (4) . The linear distance of a structure or object from a reservoir or water- .- course is the shortest horizontal distance from the nearest point of the structure or object to the high-water mark of a reservoir or to the edge, margin or p clpitoua bank forming the ordinary high-water mark of such watercourse. excretions coma (5) The term human excreta means feces, urine and othee ordinary privy,monly, disposed of by the so-called dry ayatems as typified by (6) The term sewage means waste Ilqulds containing hu?nan excreta and decomposing matter Sowing 1a or from a house drainage'syeten or sewer. • - (7) For the purpose of graduating the severity of the subdivisions in their application to different parts of the drainage area so as to conform tithe vary- ing degrees of danger to' the water pupply, the drainage, a� `. 1s edlvlded1 me the following zones: (1) Zone I shall include all reservoirs of the public water supply. of'thi . .• city of Ithaca on Six Mile Creek and the drainage area tributary toelaid . -- reservoirs and the streams entering them between the creat• of the-. ..' • dam and the intersection of Six Mile Creek with the ,western..bgu�r 'f�,,' the hamlet of Brook + ' --'' ' of Carolina west o! tondale. -._ ; •• .. .. " the town� • � • . (ii) Zone II eiall. include that portion of the drathge •a ee'llribUta i'? i'i above deflned.� '^ `};` rite'Hix Mile Creek not I cluded.ln zone I as •••••':1'..'4.,:-:•.:.-4.;,....• _:i''iti;17'.: .No• human excreta shall- be.' depoaftd•• bro -1 • 1 � _(o) -Human • excreta.' (1) - `��' placed or allovied to escape into any reservoir or watercourse..: -•: - -. - (2) . No human excreta shall be placed or spread upon the surfacer of the • . ground at any point on the watershed of the water supply - (3) No human excreta shall be buried in the soil on the watershed of. the' water supply unless deposited in trenches or pits at a distance of net leab than "• 300 feet from any reservoir or at a distance of not lean than 150 feet from any 'watercourse in zone I. or 100 feet from any watercourse in zone Ii and covered. • ` with not less than 18 inches of soil in such a manner as to effectually prevent • its being washed over the surface of the ground by.raixi 4r melting anoW. . • (4) -No privy or receptacle of any kind for the storage or deposit of human excreta shall be constructed, placed, maintained or allowed to remain within 100 feet bf any reservoir or within:50' feet- of any watercours 1 -in zbn8 1 or e within 25 feet of any watercourse in zone II, except a properly rp Y and operated sewage disposal plant, as hereinafter set forth rece subdivifade iia bui)t provided, however, that the property 'on which the privy P or is to be built is so locatexi, bounded or otherwise placed that the distances above named can be obtained within the limits of such property. _ (5) Every privy or receptacle of any kind for the storage or deposit of human excreta, built or to be built on property which is so located, bounded or otherwise placed that the distances narned in paragraph (4) of this subdivision cannot be obtained, shall be placed as far as possible from any reservoir •or watercourse and especially constructed of masonry, concrete or metal to form a watertight receptacle from which no outward percolation c:an take place. Where removable watertight containers are provided, they shall be located as far as practicable from any reservoir or watercourse. All privies or receptacles referred to in this paragraph shall be constructed or installed only with the approval and under the survision of the department of public works of the 763 H 6-15-62 • ver' •• • 1..: §11)0.1 TITLE .10 Ii E]1LL,T1F1 city of Ithaca and in such manner as effectually to prevent any pollution of the public water supply. • (8) Every privy or receptacle for the etorage or deposit of human between creep excreta located within the distances of 100 feet and 200 feet•of any reservoi 50 feet and 100 feet of any watercourse in zone I or between 26 feet and 50 feet of any watercourse in zone II shall be arranged eo that all excreta will be received in a suitable watertight receptacle or. remoyable container,- which shall •be emptied when filled within six inches of the top. The contante, u posed of on the watershed, shall be buried as set- forth• in paaagrap)i • (3) oY this subdivision. • . (7) Whenever, in 'the opinion of the State Commlesioner of Health; excre- mental matter from the aforesaid privy, receptacle, trench or place of disposal may be washed over "the surface of the ground or through the -soil In an im- perfectly purified condition into any reservoir or watercourse, the said privy, receptacle, trench .or place of • disposal shall be removed, after dile notice to the owner thereof, to"suela piecea•aa .shall be cpn,idered_safe, and propgx,by ut..• State Commissioner of Health. • (d) Sewage. No sewage shall be discharged or allowed to flow into any reservoir or watercourse nor deposited' on or beneath the surface of the, ground within 150 feet of any reservoir or within 100 feet of any watercourse in zone I or ..within 50 feet of any watercourse in zone II, except into watertight receptacles, contents of which shall be disposed of as provided for by paragraph (3) -Of sub- • division (c). If such watertight receptacles are used, "they shall not be located within 75 feet of any reservoir, within 50 feet•of any watercourse in ;one I or • within 25 feet of any watercourse in zone II, provided, however, that•.t}Se property. ..on which the receptacle is built or to be built.is so located, bounded or otherwise placed that the distances above named can be obtained withlrt..the• limits of the • property. In such case the watertight receptacle shall be constructed and main' • tained as provided for in paragraph (5) of subdivision (c). These restrictions and limiting distances shell 'not apply to sewage treatment plants installed .under and in accordance with plans which first have beer, submitted to and approved y the _State Commissioner �f Health. , • • .., • •(e): Waste,:refuge:and garbage. (1)•"•No bath water,•stnk or laundrf'Viastes or polluted liquid - of any kind shall be discharged or allowed to Sow Into any reservoir or watercourse • nor be deposited on or beneath the surface et the • ground within 100 feet of any reservoir, 40 feet of any_ watercourse in zone I or" 20 feet of any watercourse in zone II- _• (2) . No garbage, refuse, putrescible matter, decayed fruits or vegetables, dead animal?. or parts thereof or any other matter that pollutes water shall be deposited in any reservoir or watercourse nor on or beneath the surface of the ground within 100 feet of any reservoir, 35 feet of. any watercourse .in zone I nor 20 feet of any watercourse in zone II nor in such manner that it can be washed by rain, melting snow or otherwise over the surface or through the • ground into any reservoir or watercourse. (f) Bathing. No person or persons shall bathe or swim or be allowed' to bathe or swim in any reservoir or any watercourse in zone I. (g) Fishing, boating or ice cutting. No boating or fishing .of any kind, ice cutting or ian>y trespassin: whatever shall be allowed in or upon the waters or ice of any reservoir tributary to the public water supply, except by duly authorized employees of the city of Ithaca in the performance of their duties of supervision and maintenance of the water supply. (h) Places for animals. (1) No animal or poultry shall be allowed to stand, wade, wallow or swim nor to be washed or watered in any reservoir and no 764 H 6-15-62 vktesit. �r { �r,4at. i�•t ,,c • • mi3•APT III 'PUBLIC WATER SUPPLUCB . � � • • •' �"'.sin to pa►lute•agy wa�'Dotl�e..`',ty_-• • • watering place shall be maintained hi Ruch wB,Y . with excremental • matter. • . - •. i ' (2) No stable for •cattle or b4rses,•barnyard, hitching bogya. "ptgp�' poultry house.,.. :• 'place or 8tandtng •place for horses or other- animals shall be or yard. su a •.inanner that the •dratnings. leachings •or • ®o located or maintained in c?4 ' teroourab: . '•p • washings therefrom may pollute :any' *sorvotr or wa - ile shall be lnaintaln4+�"br 6llowed tore airy q h). 100 . • fee:• t o ny y manure p 50 feet of any watercburse.in 0n 1 no1�,.ritln reservoir iter within • `' ' ' 25 feet of any watercourse in zone II.• ..: -', �. o�up of , No camp_ tent._buAdlng.,or • other etructvv;e••1.or'• 114. (i) Camps. conatsuctiof works-oi for:otjl;r.. transients or for the housing of laborers engagetd'G►� d by..s, person•fQr hia•owi►.pesi.,' use, except as a private camp or dwelling rr;ain laced br a.ov' .• sons!. use or for use of family and friends, shall be located, p • -.....•,!•• .:?.' ; I. within a distance of 300 feet of any reservoir or watercourse. - (j) Cemeteries. No• interment of a human body shall be made wi62iiir.'&',+1 . ..,ty '., tance of 300 feet of any reservoir or wltvvate watercourse z n U. �r �• ••i± it ,...,• . course in zone 1 or within 50 feet of any the foregoi?►Ss {eiuirer�ttp•'�ill •;� .nGf • ' • so General cheese.. In addition wa shedae shall refrain froth. any: act 41i:i . result in contamination of �n `portio at ::tie .:•"..*: persons living ci or visiting cbntamin Y =. '; • :•-.., heretofore specified which may = �.• • • • . • '• ' `<••• water supply. - dy�;ala.rzsv'k. (1) i peCtt�. The department of public world of the city. ot-Ith4ca .,{. 474-., other person or persons aa. may be charged with the maintenance 'or elipl v ^• ;'• or the. duly appointed representative of Aha city '}'nake`• • of• regularthe waterdhorply tetoourses and )% t5 sh ds • and thorough inspections of the reservoirs. ;� �� tie, above ••freed' ezi+f . tributary thereto for the purpose • of • ascertaining t . : .regulations are being complied with, and it shall be the 'dlitY of •said tlepa t.{neli of public works to cause cop • !e of any rules and regulations vlolat�d ser to be Wyatt a upon the persona violating the same,:together with notices of such vtolattuii. 11 �� such persons served do not immediately comply with the rules and regplatas AOY ••••••'•1— shall be the further duty of said department of public works to•promptly.. lie the State Commissioner of Health of such violations. The department .of mon works shall report to the State Commissioner of Healthe � in Writing du 1lY,the • the first day of January, the results of the regular preceding year, stating the number of inspections which have been made,' the . number of violations found, the number of notices served and the general condition of the watershed at the time of the last inspection. ` . +„*�;_ (m) Penalty. In accordance with section 70 of chapter 45 of the Consolidated }..;...3;1 _y� w4': _ • as amended by chapter 391 of the Laws of 1933, the }V. %, t? Laws (Public Health Law), of these rules =- .'3•= penalty for each and every violation of or noncompliance with any (;?+ 7..W.- • and regulations which relate to a permanent source or act of contamination VY: '•:, • •z•: hereby fixed at )500. _ l • - ', rk-- %NSTITUTIONS b•.,":: Ll;.-;:.', 150.2 Cornell University at Ithaca, - (a). [Application.] The rules and regulations hereinafter given, duly made and enacted in accordance with the provisions of sections 70, 71 and 73 of chapter 45 of the Consolidated Laws (Public Health Law). as amended by chapter 395 of the Laws of 1928, shall apply to all natural and artificial reservoirs o uonFall�isCreek and n to all watercourses and drainage areas tributary or tgid n into said reservoirs, these bodies of wafer being sources of the public water sug of Cornell University at Ithaca. Tome l 765 H 6-15-82 •':•i • THE PRESERVATION OF SIX MILE CREEK GORGE presented by the Six Mile Creek Preservation Committee ********** The Six Mile Creek Preservation Comrnittee(6MCPC) is a group of people who want to preserve and maintain the City -owned portion of Six Mile Creek as the uniquely beautiful and accessible gorge that it still is. The 6MCPC is known by people who frequent the area as volunteer caretakers of the gorge, and, most recently, as an orga- nization that worked very hard to make the Commonland Community in the Town of Ithaca a mote environmentally sound development, both by alerting the City to potential problems wth the development and by the 6MCPC's own valuable input as a group which is very familiar with the area and its fragility. Additionally, the 6MCPC has brougla:t to the City's and the public's attention the need to move now to preserve the City's aft its residents interest in the Six Mile Creek Gorge. ************ CURRENT ILLEGAL OR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL USES OF THE GORGE 1. Heavy foot traffic over two sensitive, eroding current trail sites A.Approximately 500 feet below 60 foot dam, the trail has badly eroded, leaving the pipeline dangerously exposed. ( Estimated foot traffic averages 200 one way trips per day.) B. Approximately 500 feet upstream from the 1948 landslide area, the cliff over the pipeline is eroding rapidly, about 8 feet in 1982 alone.(Estimated 72 one way trips per day).. 2. Extreme littering, especially at: A. Lower Wildflower Garden B. The environs of 30 foot dam Trash is mostly beverage cans, bottles, and food wrappers. 3. Swimming A. 30 foot dam and its reservoir 200 swimmers on a hot day B. Creek between the dams 100 swimmers on a hot day C. 60 foot dam 15 swimmers on a hot day page two 4. ,Boating A. Motorboats on the 60 foot reservoir B. Canoes throughout the area 5. Motorized vehicles A. Usually on the old railroad grades, off Pearsall, Kendall, Pennsylvania Sts B. Entrance to the 60 foot reservoir from the Burns-Coddington area and down the City's access road to the dam, approximately 10 round 'trips per day. 6. Hunting, target shooting, harpooning A.Generally upstream of the 30 foot dam B. Includes BB guns, pellet guns, 22 rifles, large handguns 7. Open fires 8. Removal and destruction of plantlife A. Cutting down live trees B. Picking wildflowers 9. Development A. Possible conflicts with City watershed regulatidns regarding build- ing distances from water courses and the Commonland Community. *********** CURRENT PROPOSALS WITH POTENTIAL TO AGGRAVATE THE SIX MILE GORGE 1. Commonland Community This development could stimulate additional such projects around the perimeter of the City -owned lands. There could be a marked increase in foot traffic over the most fragile slopes of the gorge, that is, the stabilized slope of the 1978 landslide and the eroding cliff ({Fstream of it. Soil expert Dr. Gerry Olson has informed the Town of the highly erosive soil conditions on the Commonland site (see included brochure). Some buildings are less than 30 feet from the City's property lines. 2. Siltation settling ponds in the lower Wildflower Garden 3. Hydro Development A. Possible effects on the Wildflower Garden B. Possible deleterious effects on the integrity of the 60 foot dam 4. Natural History Museum A. May include a trail system to the 60 foot reservoir B. Will create a dramatic increase of people on the southwest rim (10,000-20,000 visitors yearly) page three 5. Straightening of Burns Road A.Currently crosses the creek 1400 feet from the reservoir B. Ithaca Town staff have proposed moving the road to 700- 800 feet from the reservoir, which causes the road to be built in an area 10 feet below its current elevation. C; The road's current position was created to alleviate flooding problems. D. Bringing the road in closer could make boat and hiker access more prevalent. E. To put distances into perspective, the City entrance road to 60 foot dam is approximately 1500 feet long. ************** GENERAL OBJECTIVES In the White Mountains, there is harmonious dual use of the mountain trails that often follow streams that feed into lowland watershed areas and the land surrounding a municipality's water system. Granted, these reservoirs are much smaller than Ithaca's and they serve very small communities. However, by extensive permanent posting of the area(including statement of penalties and fines) and very clear single access points to the trail system, the trail system is generally adhered to. Ithaca could follow this pattern as well. First and foremost the city -owned land its the City's water supply and needs some protection. Secondly, the City is fortunate to own and control a unique natural area that may be used for the enjoyment of City and Town residents. The 6 MCPC feels that some public use of the area is compatible with the gorge. The City could create a kind of undeveloped, "forever wild" parkland in the gorge. The 6MCPC does not advocate creating another state park setting in the gorge-- no paved walkways, restrooms, concession stands, and packing for hundreds. Rather, a limited access nature park is desirable. Thirdly, the Wildflower Garden is an asset to the commu- nity and the 6MCPC supports the Circle Greenway in its plans to improve the Garden. ************* SPECIFIC PROPOSALS FOR THE SIX MILE CREEK GORGE 1. The 60 foot dam reservoirshould remain off limits to the public, if the Board of Public Works desires to follow this policy. The No Trespassing rule would need to be enforced. Over the years, this page four poicy has been less and less enforced. This has caused a marked increase in use of the fragile gorge trail downstream of 60 footHam. This pedestrian traffic has contributed to the erosion which poses a. potential threat to the pipe below. Motorcycle entrance has a lso become common at this entrance. 2. Badly eroded sites a_.d acceptable trails need stabilizing. 3. To promote the Wildflower Garden, improved parking at Giles Street, improved path below 30 foot dam, improved marking of the trails, and a budget for interpretive brochures should be provided. 4. The city should demand security of the border common with the Common - land development. A framework for doing this is set up in resolutions adopted by the Town Planning Board(2/1/83) and by the Town Board(2/7/83). 5. To alleviate littering, the City should ban alcoholic beverages and institute spot enforcement at the Giles Street entrance. 6.The City should become informed of the plans and progress of the Natural History Museum and carefully consider the effects of extending the trails of the museum.on to City property. 7. The City should become informed of plans of the Town Engineering staff to straighten Burns Road and consider the effects this might have on enforcing no trespassing in the upper reservoir and the stability of Burns Road itself. 8. No hunting. ************ OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 1. Hiring a conservation officer 2. Deciding who has policing powers in the area 3. Insurance liability PROJECT HAS BEEN APPROVED." Tnis IIL LA.,., -_____ provisions substantially as follows: pa 0,r,, it�soL d 71 oAl D F 7O )I') i Q 1 i, J ? i/'a/`SS' L t< A G V t e .v p r s2 F c c.i a.b. T P o ••i s Ty.-/-4,,u) 1. The Project's environmental impact was extensively reviewed. Environmental concerns arose, in large measure, from the proximity of the Project to the City of Ithaca's water supply property. The Town Planning Board rendered its determination as to the Environmental Impact of the Project based on the determination that any adverse impact of the Project would be controlled by the adoption and implementation of mitigating measures which appear or are referred to in Part 3 of the Environmental Assessment Form (see minutes of the Planning Board meeting held on October 5, 1982). Among other requirements were that the owners and managers of the Project will exerciserreasonable1 control with respect to access to the City of Ithaca's Water Supply Property by the occupan s of Commonland Community and on uses and activities by persons such as those which may lessen the risk of drainage and erosion problems, the control of open fires and other acts which might contaminate or otherwise damage the City's water supply. While it is the responsibility of the City of Ithaca to prohibit or control the use of and access to the Water Supply Property which it owns, and to enforce all state and local rules and regulations applying to its water supply, the Town Board reserves the right in cooperation with the City of Ithaca to recommend the enactment or adoption of such measures -2 - as it deems reasonable to regulate conduct and uses which might have an adverse environmental impact on the City's Watershed area as well as other properties in the vicinity and to preserve open spaces and to maintain the project and use the land in a manner to preserve it as an attractive community in reasonable harmony and compatible with the topography and to maintain the ambience of this section of the Town of Ithaca as an attractive residential community. A copy of State Regulations governing the City of Ithaca Watershed and Water Supply Property shall be made available to occupants and shall be part of the portfolio of the Resident's Association Board of Directors. 2. The Project required review and approval by the Town of Ithaca Planning Board; final site approval was given on February 1, 1983, subject to the conditions, agreements and findings referred to in the resolution ofgranting such approval. ADOPTED BY PLANNING BOARD 2/01/83 Page 2 (F'a.AA s o t y no.,i ci•iv T/iv 6- f/ N,o c .+ r' P M p c,a G. 7 la r 0 4 X11 ra •v t t° src/ which, marked Appendix A, is annexed hereto; a synopsis of such density requirements will be included as a part of any Certifi- cate of Occupancy, and 7. the developer agrees to take such reasonable steps, through landscaping, physical barriers, and other means to control or discourage access to adjacent lands of the City of Ithaca Water- shed and will coordinate his efforts with those of the appropri- ate agencies of the City and Town; it is understood nevertheless that it is the obligation of the City in the final sense to control access to the watershed area and to regulate its use, and 8. the Project will be developed in nine clusters described by the phasing plan submitted by the Developer, dated September 14, 1982, and filed in the office of the Town Engineer; a synopsis of the number of structures to be constructed, and the distribution of dwelling units in these structures, are set forth in Appendix B, annexed hereto, and 9. no more than four clusters (of the nine identified) in Appendix B and in said Phasing Plan shall be started and under construction or incomplete at any time, except that the Planning. Board may waive this restriction for good cause shown; neverthe- less, any cluster will be completed within three years from the date of commencement of construction, and 10. a second access road for access southerly to the street labeled "Penny Lane", adjacent to the lands of Edna Clausen, is shown on the subdivision plat filed on September 14, 1982 in the office of the Town Engineer and the strip of land over which such second road is located shall be kept free and unencumbered for the purpose of providing such second access; such second access may be constructed at a location farther to the east of its present location in a manner satisfactory to the Town Engineer if the developer acquires the title to lands for such purpose, and 11. the developer has agreed to construct check dams of rock or� treated railroad ties and to comply with all other mitigative measures described in Part III of the Environmental Assessment Form approved by the Planning Board October 5, 1982. and on file in the office of the Town Engineer as the location or the Town Engineer requires throughout the project; the seeding recommenda- tions of the Soil Conservation Service, which have been sought, shall be implemented for disturbed or unstable areas, and 12. the Regional Engineer of the New York State Department of Transportation has approved the design for the entrance of the project with State Route 79, and 13. a subdivision map, prepared by a licensed surveyor, showing such details as the Planning Board has required by this approval, approved by the Tompkins County Health Department, signed by the Planning Board Chairman, will be filed within the time prescribed by Town Law in the Office of the County Clerk, and 020183 res CC es OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW CITY OF ITHACA 108 EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 March 25, 1983 Mr. Garth Jackson Box 100 Slater-ville Springs NY 14881 Dear Garth:_ Theettached.is for your information.-_ As'you-can see, we've chosen to restrict our study_to the Watershed area, as owned and operated by the City of Ithaca rather than the entire drainage -basin .into Six Mile Creek. It was my -personal_hope that -we could=do the -=larger_ study, however,_the._•majority's sentiment was to take care of our. more.= immediate• and -_localized- -problems first before_ undertaking the:_larger study.. I would be -pleased to keep you informed as to any -developments as they relate upstream although I doubt there would be any. If you have any activities in your area, please be kind enough to keep us_ -informed. Sincerely, `7 / WILLIAM R. SHAW MAYOR pc ATTACHED "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW CITY OF ITHACA 1OB EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 TELEPHONE 27 COI MEMO TO: Gerald Schickel, Chair, Water and Sewer Conuiittee of BPW Bud Gerkin, Member, Water and Sewer Committee of BPW Ken Walker, Member, Water and Sewer Committee of BPW Pete Rogers, Chair, Planning and Development Board Rich Banks, Chair, Conservation Advisory Council Dan HofLiian, Council Liaison to Conservation Advisory Council Elizabeth Mulholland, Chair, Circle Greenway � �/Son/ � U %�'.pyit.'/-✓L /' .O� rr.'�( jf2Ih%vT ,dsJ FROM: Bill Shaw, Mayor l/�//eT DATE: March 17, 1983 SUBJECT: Six Mile Creek Watershed Study As a result of our meeting with several of you during the last week in February, 1 been persuaded to take further steps towards the'undertaking of a study of the Six 1 Creek Watershed area owned by the City and operated by the Department -of Public Wor: This memo will spell out the parameters and directions I would like to see that stu take and the composition of the group I am asking to undertake this study, and the cess I am hopeful it would pursue. I am hoping that each of you will agree to serve on this study committee, personally. If that proves impossible and you wish to see( a designee, please let me know. CHARGE TO Ti IE CO'`NIIllJ E The Committee should examine the initial and basic purpose of our Six Mile Creek Wal shed area from its creation to its present need. It should examine the existing ru] and regulations and documentation, its perimeter and its actual land area and water ,flow. Most of that data is available, some may have to be collected. The study she then review the various competing and compatible uses that are currently present for which there is interest or demand. For example, hiking, camping, dirt bike riding, ing, target practice, public highway crossing and many others. The goals should be identify and prioritize the basic public needs and requirements in the watershed are so that methods for preserving and protecting and maintaining those can be establish and implemented. In addition, it is hoped that compatible issues can be examined an allowed or rejected depending on their risk versus public benefit. Such study shoul include research on other watershed areas throughout New York State, developing tech nology in watershed management, public hearing and input on appropriate use of water shed area and plans and development for the future. The ooiiuuittee should feel free to pursue various other appropriate and necessary tangents as they develop. "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Prooram" Six Mile Creek Watershed Study -2- March 17, 1983 COMPOSITION OF STUDY GROUP Since the watershed area is officially managed and operated by the_Department of Public Works, I have asked the Water and Sewer Committee, which oversee's this func- tion, to take the lead role and for Gerry Schickel to Chair this study group. I would foresee reports and recommendations coming back to the Board of Public Works since they are the official body to implement same. However, to assure full examina- tion of the issues and adequate input and dialog, with other City Agencies and commu- nity groups who are affected and interested in this topic, I have asked that Bud Gerkin, as a liaison .to the Planning and Development Board and Peter Rogers, Chair of that Board, be active and full fledgImembers of this study group. Dan Hoffman and Bob Holdsworth both sit on Coiimion Council. and are our liaison to the Conserva- tion Advisory Council and Planning and Development Board respectively, and should be full fledged members as well. Elizabeth Mulholland is a long standing Chair of the Circle Greenway Committee who along with Rich Banks, Chair of the Conservation Advisory Council will round out the study group. In addition, I am asking Noel Desch, to appoint a liaison to the study group to represent the Town of Ithaca, presumably from the Town's Planning Board. Mark Hamlet, Chair of the County's Environmental . Management Council has asked Professor Richard Filler to serve as their liaison to this group. I am also asking Dan Peterson to serve as an ex -officio member of this commit- tee as a representative of the Six Mile Creek Preservation Coimnittee. Although the distinction will not be critical, since most of the matter is research and debate. These latter three positions would-be non-voting and distinct from the - official city bodies and individuals represented and identified in the list of people to whom this memo was sent. In addition, I would hope that if the Chairman of the City's Hydro -power Com- mission, James Dennis, feels that his group should be actively represented and if you all feel that is.appropriate, then hopefully he would be added to the list or his de- signee from the Hydro -power Commission. In terms of staff support, I would like to ask our new City Engineer, herself or her designee, to work closely and regularly with your group and provide the primary role of staff assistance. I would hope that she would be ably and fully.assisted by a representative from the City's Planning Department as well. I am also asking the Police Chief to identify a representative of the Police Department to work closely with your group. It is also my hope that the County Planning Commissioner could identify a designee to at least follow and be familiar with our work and assist us on a "as needed" and cooperative basis. The same point is true of the Town Planner. I will be asking both by a personal letter to provide that assistance. The procedure I would hope that your group would follow is to convene initially at 4:11 ' u . • 1th in Com- mon Council Chambers. The room has been reserved for that purpose. Then based on this memorandum and your discussions at the time and materials that will be provided for you, I would hope that you would begin examining the question with the hope of develop- ing a set of recommendations by early Fall. It might be hoped that some recoinuenda- tions that meet your unanimous and easy support could be brought forth sooner since many of the questions and concerns over the use and misuse of Six Mile Creek Water- shed area occur in the Spring and Summer. Therefore, any interim suggestions that you have for our Department Heads or the appropriate bodies of City Government would be appreciated. Nonetheless, my primary concern and that of the City would be long Six Mile Creek Watershed Study -3- March 17, 1983 In closing, let me say that I believe that your undertaking is a very important one for City government and long overdue. I appreciate enormously your willing- ness to contribute time and effort to this topic and look forward to your resolu- tion. If my office can be available and helpful in anyway, please let me know. I would certainly appreciate being kept abreast of your activities as well. CC: Noel Desch Richard Fisher Dan Peterson Mark Hamlet Barbara Lund Thys VanCort Chief Herson Frank Liguori Jim Dennis Peter Lovi Robert Holdsworth OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R SHAW CITY ®F ETE-EACH 109 EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 MEMO TO Gerald Schickel Bud Gerkin Ken Walker Peter Rogers R i.ch Banks Dan Hoffman .Elizabeth Mulholland FROM: Bill Shaw, Mayor DATE: March 23, 1983 SUBJECT: Six Mile Creek Watershed Study Committee MARCH 30, 1983 - 4:00 P.M. Conference Room In my memo addressed to you dated March 17, 1983 and in my press release of March 22, 1983 I listed the first meeting of the study committee to meet on Wednesday, March 30, 1983 at 4:00 P.M. and somehow a noticeof a meeting was sent to you with the time inadvertently listed as 7:30 P.M. instead of 4:00 P.M. The meeting -.is indeed at 4:00 P.M. and I hope the previous notice did not in- convenienteyou. TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 CC: Noel Desch Richard Fischer Dan Peterson Mark Hamlet Barbara Lund Thys VanCort Chief Herson Frank Liguori Jim .Denn i s Peter Lovi Robert Holdsworth Don Kinsella "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" PRESS RELEASE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MAYOR BILL SHAW 272-1713 EXT. 231 FOR RELEASE ON:. MARCH 22, 1983 CREATION OF SIX MILE CREEK WATERSHED STUDY COMMITTEE Mayor Shaw has formed a study group composed of representatives from the Water and Sewer Committee of the Board of Public Works, the Planning and Development Board, the Conservation Advisory Council and the Circle Greenway Committee, along with support staff from the Department of Public Works, Planning and Development. as well as the Police Department, to study the Six Mile Creek Watershed Area owned by the City of Ithaca and operated by the Department of Public Works. "The goals of the study committee should be to identify and prioritize the basic public needs and requirements in the Watershed area so that methods for preserving and protecting as well as in maintaining the area can be established and implemented," stated Mayor Shaw. The group will be research- ing other watershed areas throughout New York State, and developing technology in watershed management. It will also hold public hearings to gain the input on appropriate.uses of our watershed area and review plans and proposed developments for the future. Mayor Shaw also asked the Chair of the County's Environmental Management Council, Mark Har►let, the County Planning Commissioner, Frank Liguori and the Supervisor of the Town Of Ithaca, Noel Desch, to designate someone from their PRESS RELEASE -2- FOR RELEASE ON: MARCH 22, 1983 boards or staff serve as a liaison to this group and to assist on a "as needed" and cooperative basis. He is asking the group to initially convene at 4:OO.PM. on March 30th in the Common Council Chambers with the hope that they will have developed a set of recommendations to submit by early Fall, with possible interim suggestions being submitted in the meantime. Mayor Shaw expressed his appreciation to the group for their undertaking of this very important study which should bring forth recommendations:,to'-ensure that this area is utilized and protected in the best possible way. CITY DF ITHACA 1 OB EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW NEMO TO: Gerald Schickel Bud Gerkin Ken .Walker 1.1i19(t.V Pete Rogers Rich Banks, Dan Hoffman Elizabeth Mulholland FROM: Bill Shaw, Mayor DATE: March 18, 1983 SUBJECT: Six Mile Creek Watershed Study Committee TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 The first meeting of the Six Mile Creek Watershed Camittee will be held 'Too?,m, Wednesday, March 30, 1983 at oriit P.M. in the Conference Room on the third floor of City Hall. If you are unable to attend, perhaps you could ask your designee to in your place. CC: Noel Desch -77`--'`b Richard Fischer Dan Peterson Mark Hamlet Barbara Lund Thys VanCort Chief Herson Frank Liguori-- Jim iguori—Jim Dennis Peter Lovi `c'w t^ A Robert Holdsworth "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" COTY ITHACA 108 EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 MEMO TO: Gerald Schickel, Chair, Water and Sewer Committee of BPW Bud Gerkin, Member, Water and Sewer Committee of BPW Ken Walker, Member, Water and Sewer Committee of BPW Pete Rogers, Chair, Planning and Development Board Rich Banks, Chair, Conservation Advisory Council Dan Hoffman, Council Liaison to Conservation Advisory Council Elizabeth Mulholland, Chair, Circle Greenway nUgE t " ; 7417 - FROM:. Bill Shaw, Mayor �/�.%X(,-; DATE: March 17, 1983 SUBJECT: Six Mile Creek Watershed Study As a result of our meeting with several of you during the last week in February, I have been persuaded to take further steps towards the undertaking of a study of the Six Mile Creek Watershed area owned by the City and operated by the Department of Public Works. This memo will spell out the parameters and directions I would like to see that study take and the composition of the group I am asking to undertake this study, and the pro- cess I am hopeful it would pursue. I am.hoping that each of you will agree to serve on this study conuuittee, personally. If that proves impossible and you wish to select a designee, please let me know. CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE The Committee should examine the initial and basic purpose of our Six Mile Creek Water- shed area from its creation to its present need. It should examine the existing rules and regulations and documentation, its perimeter and its actual land area and water flow. Most of that data is available, some may have to be collected. The study should then review the various competing and compatible uses that are currently present for which there is interest or demand. For example, hiking, camping, dirt bike riding, fish- ing, target practice, public highway crossing and many others. The goals should be to identify and prioritize the basic public needs and requirements in the watershed area so that methods for preserving and protecting and maintaining those can be established and implemented. In addition, it is hoped that compatible issues can be examined and allowed or rejected depending on their risk versus public benefit. Such study should include research on other watershed areas throughout New York State, developing tech- nology in watershed management, public hearing and input on appropriate use of water- shed area and plans and development for the future. The committee should feel free to pursue various other appropriate and necessary tangents as they develop. "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" Six Mile Creek Watershed Study -2- March 17, 1983 COMPOSITION OF STUDY GROUP Since the watershed area is officially managed and operated by the Department of Public Works, I have asked the Water and Sewer Committee, which oversee's this func- tion, to take the lead role and for Gerry Schickel to Chair this study group. I would foresee reports and recommendations coming back to the Board of Public Works since they are the official body to implement same. However, to assure full examina- tion of the issues and adequate input and dialog, with other City Agencies and commu- nity groups who are affected and interested in this topic, I have asked that Bud Gerkin, as a liaison to the Planning and Development Board and Peter Rogers, Chair of that Board, be active and full fledge'members of this study group. Dan Hoffman and Bob Holdsworth both sit on Common Council and are our liaison to the Conserva- tion Advisory Council and Planning and Development Board respectively, and should be full fledged members as well. Elizabeth Mulholland is a long standing Chair of the Circle Greenway Committee who along with Rich Banks, Chair of the Conservation Advisory Council will round out the study group. In addition, I am asking Noel Desch, to appoint a liaison to the study group to represent the Town of Ithaca, presumably from the Town's Planning Board. Mark Hamlet, Chair of the County's Environmental Management Council'has asked Professor-Richard_Fisher to serve as their liaison to this group. I am also asking Dan Peterson to serve as an ex -officio member of this conuiiit- tee as a representative of the Six Mile Creek Preservation Co]mnittee. Although the distinction will not be critical, since most of the matter is research and debate. These latter three positions would be non-voting and distinct from the official city bodies and individuals represented and identified in the list of people to whom this memo was sent. In addition, I would hope that if the Chairman of the City's Hydro -power Com- mission, James Dennis, feels that his group should be actively represented and if you all feel that is appropriate, then hopefully he would be added to the list or his de- signee from the Hydro -power Commission. In terms of staff support, I would like to ask our new City Engineer, herself or her designee, to work closely and regularly with your group and provide the primary role of staff assistance. I would hope that she would be ably and fully assisted by a representative from the City's Planning Department as well. I am also asking the Police Chief to identify a representative of the Police Department to work closely with your group. It is also my hope that the County Planning Commissioner could identify a designee to at least follow and be familiar with our work and assist us on a "as needed" and cooperative basis. The same point is true of the Town Planner. I will be asking both by a personal letter to provide that assistance. The procedure I would hope that your group would follow is to convene initially at 4:00 P.M. on March 30th in Com- mon Council Chambers. The room has been reserved for that purpose. Then based on this memorandum and your discussions at the time and materials that will be provided for you, I would hope that you would begin examining the question with the hope of develop- ing a set of recommendations by early Fall. It might be hoped that some reconuiienda- tions that meet your unanimous and easy support could be brought forth sooner since many of the questions and concerns over the use and misuse of Six Mile Creek Water= shed area occur in the Spring and Summer. Therefore, any interim suggestions that you have for our Department Heads or the appropriate bodies of City Government would be appreciated. Nonetheless, my primary concern and that of the City would be long term plans and recommendations which will take the time and effort of several months by your group and staff assistance to.develop. Six Mile Creek Watershed Study -3- March 17, 1983 In closing, let me say that I believe that your undertaking is a very important one for City government and long overdue. I appreciate enormously your willing- ness to contribute time and effort to this topic and look forward to your resolu- tion. If my office can be available and helpful in anyway, please let me know. I would certainly appreciate being kept abreast of your activities as well. CC: Noel Desch Richard Fisher Dan Peterson Mark Hamlet Barbara Lund Thys VanCort .Chief Herson Frank Liguori Jim Dennis Peter Lovi Robert Holdsworth HUD GOVERNMENTAL '`A'zd CAPACITY SHARING CONFERENCES a� /14dt /4-/ - CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT BY THE GRANVILLE CORPORATION CITY DF ITHACA 1OB EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14650 OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW Mr. Noel Desch, Supervisor Town of Ithaca 126 E. Seneca Street Ithaca, New. York 14850 Dear Noel: TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 March 17, 1983 RE: Six Mile Creek Study Group As Would you be so kindAto designate a member of your Planning Board to serve on theabovenoted-committee. I would_appreciate being notified before the 30th who that person is, as I hope to convene the group at that time. Thank you. A /71,4c 4_, �tiT Sincerely yours, William R. Shaw Mayor "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" CITY DF ITHACA 1OB EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF MAYOR TELEPHONE: 272-1713 WILLIAM' R. SHAW CODE 607 MEMO TO: Donald Kinsella, Supt. of Public Works r FROM: Bill Shaw, Mayor DATE: March 17, 1983 SUBJECT: City - Engineers Involvement in the -Six. Mile Creek Study Group Would you please put together materials for Barbara Lund to review upon her arrival as City Engineer as they relate to -this study. Would you also kindly designate a member of the City Engineers Office to put together the basic data, particularly the Circle Greenway Proposal for a plan and. study developed early this. year. -I would like that individual to serve as -a key staff.person for -this- study.group which is convening on March 30th. Thank you for your assistance in this regard. "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" CITY OF ITHACA 1 OB EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW MEMO TO: James Herson, Chief of the Police Department FROM: Bill Shaw, Mayor . DAfh: March 17, 1983 SUBJECT: Six Mile Creek Study Committee TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 I attach -a -memorandum -which is. self=explanatory:-_ - .Wyou-please identify a member of your._ staff:- to.. work with this group_ and to -_attend their:_meetings as needed. --The major purpose would be to keep them apprised -of the. reality and difficulty in past experiences and difficulties in enforcing the various rules and_regulations as they -apply to the Six Mile Creek Watershed Area. ATTACH. CC: Jack Kiely "An En,,ar Cnc-rttunr = .. r vu rh an A1firma!we Ac,,nn P.ocparr,. CITY OF ITHACA 1OB EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 OFFICE OF MAYOR TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 WILLIAM R. SHAW MEMO TO: Thys VanCort, Director of the Planning and Development Department FROM: Bill Shaw, Mayor DATE: March 17, 1983 SUBJECT: -Six Mile Creek Study Group Would you kindly designate a member of your Department to serve as a key staff person to this group and for them to put together any basic -data they have on this matter. Thank you. ATTACH. "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" 2 es,/ ` t 7i�. %r koz 7 ( OFFICE OF MAYOR WILLIAM R. SHAW CITY OF ITHACA 1OB EAST GREEN STREET ITHACA, NEW YORK 14850 March 17, 1983 Mr. Frank Liguori Tompkins County Planning Department Court House Annex Ithaca, NY 14850 RE: Six Mile Creek Study Group Dear 'Frank: TELEPHONE: 272-1713 CODE 607 Would you be so kind.as to designate a member of your Planning Staff:.to serve as a liason to the'above noted committee (see attached memo). I would appreciate being notified before the 30th who that person is, as I hope to convene the group at that time. Thank you. Pc ATTACH. Sincerely yours, WILLIAM R. SHAW Mayor "An Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Program" liCry' F' `p MEMORANDUM TO: Bill Shaw, Mayor FROM: H. M. Van Cort RE: SIX MILE CREEK STUDY DATE: March 1, 1983 0 This is written to follow up on our meeting of Feb. 24th regarding Six Mile Creek. Uponreflection and further conversation with others regarding the proposed Six Mile Creek Study, I am more strongly convinced than I was last week that the lead agency should not be the Board of Public Works. The value of thestudy will increase if the lead agency has the broadest possible perspective. The BPW, as custodian of city land, is in an excellent position to comment on. the maintenance and operational implications of any proposals; the Planning. and Development Board, Common Council or a special ad hoc committee would in my opinion be in a better position to evaluate the overall question of the future use of the Six Mile Creek Basin. As much as I am reluctant to recommend establishment of yet another committee, I feel that in this case its creation would be justified. Models for this ad hoc committee are the Municipal Electric Power Task Force and the Hydropower Commission. In the former case particu- larly, the committee was composed of individuals with expertise in a variety of disciplines, all of whom were willing to work in the production of a very professional report. The ad _hoc Six Mile Creek Study Committee should have a similar composition consisting of profes- sionals from a variety of disciplines who are willing to work. I remain somewhat puzzled by the choice of boundaries for the study, given the fact that some of the people at the Committee meeting last week most concerned:aboutAevelopments.such as '.Commonland'_(which lie outside of the City -owned property) were those who felt that the study should be restricted to City -owned property alone. Such a restriction would make it impossible to evaluate adequately the impact of growth around the watershed area. If that is of concern, then it should be included in the study in one way or another. Perhaps it would be appropriate to allow the committee,once it had been estab- lished, to make recommendations on the study area boundaries. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to comment on this potentially very valuable undertaking. HMVC:jv cc: P. Rogers D. Hoffman 4/ b7/,v‘ .C'( 5e ‘/t p gi2_ // ,�� .t ( 1 O ,Jr [/ 1 C�GC,C/, iif� ' , 2, C -r-- 11° -...--$04-t I -r 0' 2,ZW j e/,/-40.)_. TO: MAYOR SHAW COMMON COUNCIL BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS RECCE VED FE8 2 19R3 CIRCLE GREENWAY'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BEST USE OF SIX -MILE GORGE. January, 1983 m Fy SIX MILE CREEK,—FIRST FALL, ITHACA. From Photograph by J. a Burritt. 3 SIX -MILE GORGE: A POSITION PAPER BY CIRCLE GREENWAY. "WHOSE GORGE IS IT ANYWAY?" The swimmers? The students who use the area for plant studies, bird studies? The walkers who want a quiet place? The slobs who toss beer bottles throughout the area? The birders? The photographers? The grade school classes on field trips? The joggers? The guitar players and flautists? The landscape painters? The fishermen? The people who run their dogs? The trappers? The DPW maintenance crews? The lovers? The wildflower pickers? The garbage dumpers? The shanty squatters? The hunters? The beer party people? The radio players? The little kids paddling in the shallow -water places? The beaver, the resident kingfisher, the red -shouldered hawk? The motor -bikers The sun-bathers? The picnickers? The hydro developers? Six -Mile doesn't belong to any of these, except maybe the birds and the beaver. It belongs to the City of Ithaca for the specific reason of supplying good water to the people of Ithaca. Legally, the watershed is a closed area. But reality is different. People have taken over Six -Mile for their own various uses; some good, some poor. How can all these uses be reconciled? Can some be curtailed or stopped, and others encouraged? What is the best use of the area; one compatible with its primary use as a water supply? This paper expresses Circle Greenway's position on these ques- tions. The area considered is from Aurora Street upstream to the City Line beyond Burns Road. Recommendations 1 4 CIRCLE GREENWAY'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE LONG TERN BEST USE OF SIX -MILE GORGE FROM AURORA STREET UPSTREAM TO THE CITY LINE. I City to designate the Gorge as a NATURAL AREA, supported by State and Federal designations. See also V. II Permitted uses: 1. Water supply for the City of Ithaca. 2. Hydro -power production if so decided. 3. Unstructured recreation: walking, running, fishing in certain places. 4. Wildlife and geology research. 5. Wildflower preservation; see V. 6. Wildflower educations tours, exhibits, plantings. 7. Picnicking at certain places. 8. Cross-country skiing. III Uses not permitted: 1. Swimming. 2. Vehicular riding. 3. Camping. 4. Dumping. . 5. Wildflower picking or digging. 6. Trapping, hunting or target shooting. IV Design considerations. 1. Paths. Delineation of official paths (to avoid network paths and soil erosion, and to open views. 2. Maintenance. Heavy and dangerous work (tree care, stream bank containment, flood damage repair) by D.P.W. Light work (shrub trimming, planting, litter clearing, by volunteers coordinated by Circle Greenway). 3. Connections to be planned to other natural or attractive areas of Ithaca (Circle Greenway, West End Development, Finger Lakes Natural History Project, Ithaca College, Corridor Bike & Walkway). 1. Rims (all city -owned). a. Preserve tree and shrub cover and plant where needed. b. Limit access paths. • c. No housing development. 5. Entrances. a. Strictly limited, cooperation with Town of Ithaca to determine certain ones. b. Plantings to make areas attractive and to indicate acceptable use of area. c. Signage, to indicate use. d. Parking patterns to be clearly delineated. • Recommendations 2 5 6. Flood damage to be repaired. 7. Settling lagoons, if they should be inevitable: design review. 8. Hydro sites: design review. V The Six -Mile Gorge Wildflower Preserve. A project to give vivid meaning to this Natural Area. 1. The Gorge upstream from Giles Street to the City Line already has been designated as a Wildflower Preserve (1970); to that we would suggest adding the area down- stream to Aurora Street. 2.. The area should be mapped for rare plant sites and these sites protected by path re -location. 3. A new plant survey should be made. 4. A system of plant surveilance should be started. 5. Damaged sites should be re -planted. 6. Circle Greenway would like to do educational planting. 7. Events such as Circle Greenway guided tours should be continued. (A Wildflower Guide is in preparation for spring.) 8. The entrances should be enhanced by planting. 9. Summer and autumn blooming wildflower sites should be developed, especially in Van Natta's Dam area (part of enhancement plan, 8 above). 10. Cooperation with the Cornell Plantations Wildflower Garden. 11. Cooperation with the proposed Finger Lakes Natural History Project should they become located on periphery of Gorge (the Wildflower Preserve could add -to their attractions and would serve as Ithaca's own backdoor to their site.) 12. Contact with other northeastern cities developing similar wildflower preserves. In summary, Circle Greenway recommends that the City of Ithaca designate Six -Mile Gorge from Aurora Street upstream to the City Line a NATURAL AREA, and that the Wildflower Preserve be con- sidered an integral part of the NATURAL AREA. ?acts 1 6 FACTS ABOUT SIX -MILE GORGE THAT BEAR ON THE PRESENT PROBLEM. 1. It is the water supply for the City of Ithaca. 2. The land is owned by the City of Ithaca but is located in cer- tain places in the Town of Ithaca, which has certain interests, as does Tompkins County. New York State has jurisdiction over Six -Mile Creek. 3. Legally, the reservoir area is "closed". 4. The whole area, though, is heavily used for unstructured recreation. 5. An effective fence around the reservoir is probably not possible. 6. The police and sheriff's men cannot constantly patrol the area. 7. It is a place of great natural beauty located betweeen two very heavily populated residential areas, South Hill and East Hill. 8. It is not common for a city to have such an unusual wild area right in town. 9. The Gorge upstream from Giles Street to the City Line has been designated (1970) as a Wildflower Preserve by action of the Board of Public Works. 10. An alternative to swimming in the Upper Reservoir would be made possible by the restoration of Beebe Lake and the south end of Cayuga Lake at Stewart Park. 11. There are no city parks near Six -Mile. 12. The steepness and narrowness of the Gorge gives it a certain protection, it has the possibility of remaining a viable eco- system if people -use is controlled. 13. The integrity of the Gorge depends greatly on rim care. 14. Maintenance of the "wild" character of the Gorge requires knowledgeable management: definition of official paths, their maintenance, rim care, tree care, wildlife surveillance, and planned parking. 15. Many Ithacans need and want natural recreation areas, not built ones. 16. There are many individuals and several organizations interested in conserving this area. 17. More people in the Gorge does not necessarily mean its destruc- tion: concerned surveil -lance is very helpful and even necessary. *Facts 2 7 18. The extractive uses: hunting, trapping and wood -gathering are "time honored"; their abolishment would bring a certain amount of public outcry but if people are to be allowed in the area, safety is of prime importance. 19. Six -Mile Gorge is noted in the T.C. Environmental Management Council's Open Space and Unique Natural Resources Inventory, 1975, and in their Greenbelt Proposal, 1972. 20. It is part of the city Waterways proposal, 1976. 21 Six -Mile is listed as "Recreational and Greenspace" in the Ithaca General Plan, 1990. 22. Circle Greenway, the city's permanent Bicentennial project goes through Six -Mile Gorge. 23. During the twenties and early thirties the area was a park with swimming and skating at a lagoon, now the Van Natta Dam Pond parking lot, fireplaces, a log cabin shelter and a toboggan slide into the Indian Winter Camp Ground. Most was destroyed in the 1935 flood. Certain parts of the south bank contain handsome walls, steps and fireplaces made by the C.C.C. 24. Some previous proposals for recreational development: Frank Schoonmaker: Proposed Development Plan of Six -Mile Creek, DeWitt Historical Society, Box 3-17175A, C esti ter Sage Papers Folder #5. Russel Van Nest Black: A Report of Preliminary Planning for the City, of Ithaca, N.Y., 197T. Planning Department. 25. Professor Richard Fischer, Professor of Environmental Educa- tion at Cornell says: "The City of Ithaca possesses one of the most unusual wildflower areas in New York State . . . along Six -Mile Creek Valley. Here we have a springtime spectacle that is truly outstanding and within easy reach of city dwellers." The Circumnavigator, vol I, no. 5. YUILDFLOle3t a AU A USE S('b2U ‘p ) 1r7rrz4'S P fr FivrtgA _, Ls DATL m KiDs S r AcbvLTs u1Ta ' ,(X�GS IJUTES CAe,s SVIa AU6 �4 ?-3 .4tfr it Mr- -fit►'' ar-iftrAft JHf11 ye a MFf 3-5 — -- 1 it4 11 140 1041 23 1111 194.7-1-117 '4444v71 Gc liv 11'1X111 N --_,"'' tiv p—*--` uM So-- ---- FM l-5 101k1/411# 7litifu-Rtrit l'itiuk 111 .� r4ti ti r -AroIs . 1 NI 63 UN ! I 77 - dia4► 4 sem. y. .> fren u.�', t'l' -Nfi1�1111Ni� Lb 13 • V- > ^ - --Ai._. "4 'Aaiun__ bketrurr-� t — r ) / 1 9 1.30 (SAMPLE USE AND NUMBERS SURVEYI HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MANAGEMENT PLAN The continuation . of agriculture along the Creek is encouraged; farm buildings are not restricted and the pasturing • of livestock along or in Fall Creek is not con- sidered a problem. Selective removal of trees within 200 feet of the Creek is allowed' when accomplished under the direction of a State Forester. Only 20 percent of the live trees within the 200 foot zone may be removed during any ten year period. . New structures would not be allowed within the mean high water lines. New roads would not be allowed within 200 feet of the Creek unless sufficiently screened from view. Certain zones which are very ecologically sensitive would not be allowed to have new roads or structures. Areas of concentrated population such as Villages and Hamlets, will have no changes in zoning. Utilities must be located and screened to provide the least visual disruption. ACTION TODAY TO SAVE FALL CREEK FOR TOMORROW Some Questions and Answer Q. A. What is the Plan? It is an attempt by the EMC to provide a method whereby Fall Creek will be protected from future degradation. Q. How will the Plan be put into effect? A. By each Municipality along the Creek including the Plan in its zoning laws. A. How can I find out more about the Plan? A. Copies of the Plan are avail- able at the EMC office, 128 E. Buffalo St.; Ithaca, phone 274-5286. Also available at Town and Village offices. Q. A. How about maps? They are available for in- spection at the above, loca- tions. Q. How can I help see that the Plan becomes a reality? A. By letting your elected offi- cials know that you support the Plan. FALL CREEK CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN' Prepared as an Informational Document for the people of Tompkins County by the Tompkins County Environmental, Management Council . <..« . ,....., ...: .:•r:.:n: .:.. • ::. :) } :•,. ;..: ..., •: r: • SFr.,• , .n ;.; .. •. V'.•::.. . •. .: r.. .•,` .•A•F . n ^v*.°r.Y:ti�r.r�..ir rr • • .roP^}r.•✓ . .....,}:•.�:.•. M r.e..rr.{vn.. ... r..................... •.. _v...n........0 ........... ....vx-1Y:�•.. :;:::., .... ,: •:: •.:..:.. _.. n.4.S..v: ,vr•.t}r:r .,. ..v n•:..'..r::::: r::.,: ,. ::.. e_,,, ..., r::::•V:•i;� S :::z•...•...:�,. v: i:.., r:,'.T, •_.. L O•CK E Groton GR IKINS NIT JRYN00! 10064 INC PREAMBLE TO FALL CREEK CORRI DOR MANAGEMENT PLAN Every day opportunities present themselves to save an important or unique portion of our environment and are then lost through neglect, poor planning, willful destruction or apathy. Very few of us participate in the willful destruction of these areas, however, most of us act only as observers to the creeping certainty of the demise of important local resources. The Tompkins County Environmental Management Council sees today as the time to begin the action to assure the survival of Fall Creek and its environs. The Council, in recognizing that the Municipalities and the people therein adjacent to Fall Creek are interested and in some way committed to its survival, also recognizes that these people would prefer developing and controlling their own River Corridor rather than having it develop under State jurisdiction. This. protective effort is not aimed at creating a recreational mecca which will attract.tourists, rather it attempts to preserve and erihance the existing quality of the stream corridor for the quiet enjoyment of the Fall Creek residents and the general citizenry of Tompkins County. Careful consideration must be given to the rights and plans of those who presently own land and facilities within the Fall Creek Corridor. The Council considers itself in a position to advise and coordinate an effort to establish the • policy and legal protection necessary to insure the quality of the Fall Creek area for generations to come. Vii•: � ti Submitted To: Tompkins County Environmental Management Council By: Fall Creek Committee Date: January 28, 1981 FALL CREEK RECREATIONAL RIVER CORRIDOR STATUS REPORT For the past several years, the Council has listed the Fall Creek Corridor Management Plan in the Annual Work Program submitted to NYS DEC. Due to time constraints and other priorities, little has been done on this project since mid 1977. At the September 25, 1980, Executive Meeting, Roger Yonkin, Commit- tee Chairman, was instructed to study this issue and report back to the Council. The following report gives a historical perspective on this issue and recommends possible action by the Council on this matter. HISTORY 1974 - Larry Hamilton and Dan Smith produced a report on The Fall Creek Watershed and a proposal for a Recreational River Corridor. The report was submitted to NYS DEC and TC EMC. Subsequently, the EMC passed a resolution asking NYS DEC to award Fall Creek the status of a Recreational River persuant to the New York State Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers Act. The State Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers Act was modeled after the Federal Legislation (see October, 1980). There has been no Executive orders governing coordination of state activities affecting the rivers on the preliminary lists. Only upon direction by the State Legislature and the desire by local municipalities, will management plans be drafted and a rivers inclusion onto the States Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers List. Rivers asopted by the State are then recommended by the Governor to be included on the Federal lists. March 1975 - TC EMC and the County Planning Board sponsored a public forum on the Fall Creek Recreational River Proposal. There appeared to be opposi- tion from the adjacent landowners centered around the State's involve- ment in controlling the environs of Fall Creek. March 1975 - The EMC created a Task Team to study the feasibility of developing . a Management Plan stressing local control of the Fall Creek corridor. - The EMC Task Force developed a Fall Creek Corridor Management Plan addressing itself to the concerns expressed at the public hearing. The Plan proposed local management and control. The Plan proposed creating a corridor along Fall Creek and proposed regulations, sensitive to the preservation of Fall Creek governing development and other activities. The general areas discussed in the Management Plan are: Land Uses and Development Stream Structures Access and Motor Use Utilities Water Quality Forest Management and Vegetative Cutting Agricultural Practices.. Educational and Scientific Uses Copies of the EMC Plan were sent to all affected municipalities requesting comment. March 1977 - The Task Team visited all municipalities within the Fall Creek Corridor.and explained to their governing Boards the implications of the proposed plan. Response from these meetings indicated a general acceptance of the idea. April 1977 - The EMC passed a resolution to adopt the final draft of the proposed Fall Creek Corridor Management Plan. - Brochures were published (see attachment) in an effort to educate and publicize the proposed Management Plan. - Since that date the EMC has done little in the. way of advocating for the management scheme. April 1980 - The EMC was informed that the U.S. Department of Interior had placed Fall Creek on its preliminary list of rivers under evaluation on the Recreational Rivers Study. May 1 - The Coordinator sent the U.S. Department of Interior, at their request, studies undertaken by the EMC and Hamilton et al for DOI's review. -2- Oct. 1980 - The EMC was informed that the Historical Significance Section was the only criteria allegedly holding up Fall Creek being considered for the next phase of DOI!s analysis which might then lead to its inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River System. 7 the Wild and Scenic Rivers list, Management Plans are then studied.. /6 `1 and ad. op-te with local input. This phase would directly affect local and State activities. //e.,✓ Io - Rivers meeting the criteria of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act will be placed on the National River Inventory List. Rivers on this list will be affected by the President's Executive Order of 9/2/79 which directed that "all Federal agencies shall avoid or mitigate adverse effects on rivers identified in the National Inventory." This impacts only Federally funded projects and will not affect State or local activities. If selected by the Congress for inclusion in Dec. 1980 - The EMC resolved to solicit additional historical information to be passed'along to DOI. Alternatives for Council's Consideration 1. Do nothing. 2. Continue to correspond with DOI furnishing information useful in the evaluation. 3. Actively and openly (publicly, etc.) support DOI's inclusion of Fall Creek in the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 4. Establish EMC committee to provide further intensive study of options including re-evaluation of legislation, funding, and management plans under local, State and Federal control. Committee Recommendation 1. Provide information to DOI as stated in Alternative 2. 2. Create a committee to provide a two month study during which they will seek local opinion as to the feasibility of local adoption of a Management Plan. Respectfully submitted, Roger Yonkin, Chairperson Fall Creek Committee To:- Peter Rogers James Dennis- - Richard Banks Elizabeth Mulholland - Thys Van Cort - Don Kinsella From; William R.. :Shaw, --Mayor Date: February 10, 1983 This memo is to confine the sweeting set up for Thursday, February 24th, at 4:30 P.M., in my office to discuss the- Six.. -Mile Creek:Watershed Plan._ _ EF Added to Mr. Banks' memo: I realize you are unable to attend this meeting. Perhaps you would like to send a representative from your Council. 7 CALL AND SET UP SIX MILE CREEK MEETING --probably late in the afternoon would be best since Mr. Dennis teaches and Mr. Banks works at Cornell and Mr. Rogers at the NYSEG I Pete Rogers - 347-4131. James Dennis -274-2129/272-5840 ✓Richard Banks - 256- 7234/272-3738 4 Beth Mulholland - 273-4295 Thys VanCort - Ext. 222 L/ 1 0 i f' Don Kinsella - Ext. 217 04-e) zlg Try for the afternoon of the. 24th of February - (Thursday); -100 4:30 P.M. (0,4 „Lt ,67) ITHACA CENTRE 121 East Seneca Street•(Suite 603)•Ithaca, New York 14850•(603) 273-0287 MEMORANDUM TO: Peter Rogers, Chair, Planning and Development Board James Dennis, Common Council Member Richard Banks, Chair, Conservation Advisory Council Beth Mulholland, Chair, Circle Greenway Comm. Thys VanCort, Director of the Planning and Development Department Don Kinsella, Supt. of Public Works . FROM: Bill Shaw, Mayor is//S DATE: February 4, 1983 RE: Six Mile Creek In conversations with nearly all of you and others over the past year or two, have observed a growing concensus on the wisdom of conducting a Six Mile Creek Watershed Plan or similar study and document. This proposal is an old one dating back to the mid 70's and the interest initiated then by the County's Environmental Management Council. It seems to be currently desirable given the variety of issues confronting us, each effecting the creek, the creek bed in one way or another (proposed Natural History Museum, Watershed and Dam Maintenance, Circle Greenway Maintenance, Hydro- power Proposals, Creek Maintenance Concerns, Bridge Maintenance, Fi§hing and so - forth). Shortly, after mailing this letter, I am asking my office to call each of you to arrange a convenient time where we could meet and discuss this matter informally and to learn your thoughts on these concerns. Since I view it premature to suggest what the City might or might not want to do at this time, I am not formally inviting Town or County to this meeting but am courtesy copying them on this memo to alert them of our interest and possible pur- suits. Feel free to discuss this matter formally with your respective Boards and staff. I think we should welcome any thoughts or input that others may have to give. CC: Noel Desch Harris Dates Mark Hamlin P.S. I also attach a.position paper prepared by Circle Greenway, dated 1/83, which should prove a helpful starting point for our discussion. MEMORANDUM TO: Peter Rogers, Chair, Planning and Development Board James Dennis, Common Council Member Richard Banks, Chair, Conservation Advisory Council Beth Mulholland, Chair, Circle Greenway Comm. Thys VanCort, Director of the Planning and Development Department Don Kinsella, Supt. of Public Works FROM: Bill Shaw, Mayor ,%644-75 DATE: February 4 ,1983 RE: Six Mile Creek In conversations with nearly all of you and others over the past year or two, I have observed a growing concensus on the wisdom of conducting a Six Mile Creek Watershed Plan or similar study and document. This proposal is an old one dating back to the mid 70's and the interest initiated then by the County!s.Environmental-Management Council. It seems to be currently desirable given the variety of issues confronting .us, each effecting the creek, the creek bed in one way or another (proposed Natural History Museum, Watershed and Dam Maintenance, Circle Greenway Maintenance, Hydro- power Proposals, Creek Maintenance Concerns, Bridge Maintenance, Fi§hing and so - forth) . Shortly, after mailing this letter, 1 am asking my office to call each of you to' arrange a convenient time where we could meet and discuss this matter informally and to learn your thoughts on these concerns. Since I view it premature to suggest what the City might or might not want to do at this time, I am not formally inviting Town or County to this meeting but am courtesy copying them on this memo to alert them of our interest and possible pur- suits. Feel free to discuss this matter formally with your respective Boards and staff. I think we should welcome any thoughts or input that others may have to give. CC: Noel Desch Harris Dates Mark Hamlin P.S. 1 also attach a position paper prepared by Circle Greenway,. dated 1/83, which should prove a helpful starting point for our discussion. TO: MAYOR SHAW COMMON COUNCIL - BOARD OF PUBLIC -WORKS • CIRCLE GREENWAY'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BEST USE OF SIX -MILE GORGE. January, 1983 /7,!---7,/��. I SIX MILE CREEK,—FIRST FALL, ITHACA.. - From Photograph by J. C. Barritt. • •• ate tar >o SIX -MILE GORGE: A POSITION PAPER BY CIRCLE GREENWAY. "WHOSE GORGE IS IT ANYWAY?" The swimmers? The students who use the area for plant studies, -bird studies? The walkers who want a quiet place? The slobs who toss beer bottles throughout the area? The birders? The photographers? The grade school classes on field trips? The joggers? The guitar players and flautists? The landscape painters? The fishermen? The -people who run their dogs? The :trappers? ThelDPW_maintenance crews? The lovers?. . The wildflower -pickers? The garbage -dumpers? The shanty __squatters? Therhunters? - The beer -party people? The radio -players? The:little_kids paddling in the shallow -water places? -The-beaver,-_. the resident kingfisher, -the_ red -shouldered -hawk? The motor -bikers The sun-bathers? The picnickers? The hydro developers? Six -Mile doesnl_t belong to any of these, except_maybe the birds and the beaver. It belongs to the City ofIthacafor the specific reason _of supplying good water to the people of Ithaca. Legally, the watershed is a closed area. But reality is different. People have taken over Six -Mile for their own various uses; some good, some poor. How can all theseusesbe reconciled? Can some be curtailed or stopped, and others encouraged? What is the best use of the area; one compatible with its primary use as a water supply? This paper expresses Circle Greenwaysposition ontheseques- tions. Thearea considered is from Aurora_Street upstream to the City -Line beyond Burns Road. Recommendations 1 CIRCLE GREENWAY'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE LONG TERM'BEST USE. OF SIX -MILE GORGE FROM AURORA STREET UPSTREAM TO THE CITY LINE. I City to designate the Gorge as a NATURAL AREA, supported by State and Federal designations. See also V. II Permitted uses: 1. Water supply for the City of Ithaca. 2. Hydro -power production if so decided. 3. Unstructured recreation: walking, running, fishing in certain places. 4. Wildlife and geology research. 5. `'Wildflower preservation; see V. 6._ -Wildflower educations_ tours,. exhibits, plantings. 7. Picnicking at certain places. 8. -Cross-country skiing.. .III:: Uses _not permitted: 1. Swimming. 2. Vehicular riding. 3. Camping. 4. Dumping.. 5. Wildflower--picking_-or-digging. . 6. Trapping,- hunting or.target shooting. IV =Design considerations. 1. Paths. Delineation of official paths -(to avoid _network paths and soil erosion, and to open views. 2. Maintenance. Heavy and dangerous work (tree care, stream bank containment, flood damage repair) by D.P.W. Light work (shrub trimming, planting, litter clearing, by volunteers coordinated by -Circle Greenway). 3. Connections to -be planned to other natural or attractive areasofIthaca (Circle Greenway, West End Development, Finger Lakes Natural History Project, Ithaca College, Corridor Bike & Walkway). 4. Rims (all city -owned). a. Preserve tree and shrub cover and plant where needed. b. Limit access paths. c. No housing development. 5. Entrances. a. Strictly -limited, -cooperation-with .Town -of Ithaca to determine certain ones. b. Plantings to.make...areas attractive and=to indicate acceptable -use- of -area: c'. Signage; - to.; indicate use. d. Parking -patterns to be clearly delineated. Recommendations 2 5 6. Flood damage to be repaired. 7. Settling lagoons, if -they should be inevitable: design review. 8. Hydro sites: design review. V The Six -Mile Gorge Wildflower Preserve. A project to give vivid meaning to this Natural Area. 1. The Gorge upstream from Giles Street to the City Line already has been designated as a Wildflower Preserve (1970); to that we would suggest adding the area down- stream to Aurora Street. 2.. The -area should be mapped for -rare plant sitesandthese sites protected bypath re -location. 3...A new.plant survey should be made. 4. A system of plant surveilance should be started. 5. Damaged sites should -be re -planted. 6. Circle Greenway would like to do educational planting. 7. .Events_- such' as Circle. Greenwayguided tours should -=be - . continued. -_(A Wildflower Guidejis==in- preparation--.forspring) 8..- .The -:•entrances should: be-=:enhanc.ed---by- planting. 9. Summer- and -autumn -blooming =wildflower- sites _should be developed, -especially in Van Natta's Dam area- (part of enhancement plan, 8 above). 10. Cooperation with the Cornell Plantations Wildflower Garden. 11. Cooperation with the proposed Finger Lakes Natural History Project should they become located on periphery of Gorge (the Wildflower Preserve could add to their attractions and would serve as Ithaca's own backdoor to their site.) 12. Contact with other northeastern cities developing similar wildflower preserves. In summary, Circle Greenway recommends that the City of Ithaca designate Six -Mile Gorge from Aurora Street upstream to the City Line a NATURAL AREA, and that the Wildflower Preserve be con- sidered an integral part of the NATURAL AREA. FACTS ABOUT SIX -MILE GORGE THAT BEAR ON THE PRESENT PROBLEM. 1. It is the water supply for the City of Ithaca. 2. The land is owned by the City of Ithaca but is located in cer- tain places in the Town of Ithaca, which has certain interests, as does Tompkins County. New York State has jurisdiction over Six -Mile Creek. 3. Legally, the reservoir area is "closed". 4. The whole area, though, is heavily used 5. An effective -fence around the reservoir for unstructured recreation. is probably not possible. 6. The police and -.sheriff's men -cannot constantly:patrol the area. 7. It= -is -=a placeof-.°great natural beauty. located _betw.eeen two very -- heavily populated_ residential areas; South Hill _and =East -Hill. 8. It is not common fora city to have such an unusual wild area right in town. 9. - _The -Gorge -upstream-from - Giles: Street.:.to _the City Line has - been designated = (1970)= -as _a Wildflower-_Presery-e -by :act.ion_of-_the--. Board of -Public =Works . 10.- An --:alternative_ _to_.swimming- in -the:--Upper--Reservoir would-be made possible by the•restorationrof:Beebe-Lake-_=and-the:south end of Cayuga Lake at Stewart Park. 11. _There are no city parks near Six -Mile. 12. The steepness and narrowness of the Gorge gives it a certain protection, -it has -the possibility of remaining .a viable _eco- system -if people -use is controlled. 13. The integrity of the Gorge depends greatly on rim care. 14. Maintenance of the "wild" character of the Gorge requires knowledgeable managements definition of official paths, their .maintenance, rim care, tree care, wildlife surveillance, and planned parking. 15. Many Ithacans need and want natural recreation areas, not built ones. 16. There are many ---_individuals and -several organizations interested._ in conserving this area. 17. More people in the Gorge does not necessarily mean -its destruc- tion: concerned surveil -lance is very helpful and even --necessary. 18. The extractive uses: hunting, trapping and wood-gathering are "time honored"; their abolishment would bring a certain amount of public outcry but if people are to be allowed in the area, safety is of prime importance. 19. Six-Mile Gorge.is noted in the T.C. Environmental Management Council's Open Space and Unique Natural Resources Inventory, 1975, and in their Greenbelt Proposal, 1972. 20. It is part of the city Waterways proposal, 1976. 21 Six-Mile is listed as "Recreational and Greenspace" in the Ithaca General Plan, 1990. 22. Circle Greenway, the city's permanent Bicentennial project goes through Six-Mile Gorge. 23. During the twenties and early thirties the area was a park with _swimming .and-=skating at a lagoon,-now the Van- Natta Dam Pond parking-lot, fireplaces, a log cabin shelter and-a.toboggan slide--_into-=the Indian Winter Camp ;Ground.-. Most _was:destroyed -in=theTi935 -=flood.--- Certain-:-parts=of ::the--south .bank:,-contain - handsome-walls, steps and fireplaces made by the C.C.C._ 24.' Some previous proposals for recreational development:. Frank Schoonmaker: Proposed--Development:Plan-.-oftSix-M-ile Creek-,= DeWitt-Historical Society-,-- Box-3-3-10A; Chester - Sage -Papers -Folder #5. Russel--Van-Nest-Blacks A Report - of- Preliminary Planning . for -the =City of-Ithaca, N.Y., 19N. Planning Department. 25. Professor..Richard _Fischer, Professor of Environmental Educa- tion at Cornell says: "The City of Ithaca possesses one of the-most_unusual wildflower-areas-in New York State . . . along Six-Mile Creek Valley. Here we have a springtime spectacle that is truly.outstanding and within easy reach of city dwellers." The Circumnavigator, vol I, no. 5. YvILDFLc.714.1t Ae.2 A usE SUeL V4 i\riirres, 's pArei _EArrizzwcy_., !get , youvt, Arxxyg TotiLs .DATE: K it) s Av6 .41tr ee fru4 •3-5H 41.11.2_:, Sancta(' ti 9 — 1 IlltniA -1-4treri sTe-eaticirs litrA-ft tr 11 ilk If Ifoirkowi ittkou-Httil A bot_Ts 0411-frtt -ittrIttr Z3 )i-trignitr -Hirlotniu 4irr-ittrAr 4ftr- I , 71 4MW, b I SAMPLE USE AND NUMBERS SURVEY 1-3 Dc:65 iIfU 19 CA e, s ch_cw tit azauip re:6 1hr 04 ALTrun_ britt. -t 2.3 0 g (5pm) TO: MAYOR SHAW COMMON COUNCIL BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS CIRCLE GREENWAY IS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BEST USE OF SIX -MILE GORGE. January, 1983 7 SIX MILE CREEK,—FIRST FALL, ITHACA. From Photograph by J. C. Burrill. IOW tQaA 70 SIX -MILE GORGE: A POSITION PAPER BY CIRCLE GREENWAY. "WHOSE GORGE IS IT ANYWAY?" The swimmers? The students who use the area for plant studies, bird studies? The walkers who want a quiet place? The slobs who toss beer bottles throughout the area? The birders? The photographers? The grade school classes on field trips? The joggers? . The guitar players and flautists? The landscape painters? The fishermen? The people who run their dogs? The trappers? - The DPW'maintenance crews? The lovers? The wildflower pickers? The garbage dumpers? The shanty squatters? The.hunters? The beer party -people? The - radio players? -- - .little kids:.paddling in -the_ -shallow -water -places? beaver,, -the : resident kingfisher; the ~red -shouldered =hawk? motor -bikers sun-bathers? picnickers? - hydro developers? The The The The The The Six -Mile doesn't belong to any of these, except maybe the birds and the beaver. It belongs to the City of Ithaca for the specific reason of supplying good water to the people of Ithaca. Legally, the watershed is a closed area. But reality is different. People have for their own various uses; some good, these uses be reconciled? Can some be and others encouraged? taken over Six -Mile some poor. How can all curtailed or stopped, • What is the best use of the area; one compatible with its primary use as a water supply? This paper expresses Circle Greenway's position on.these ques- tions. The -area considered is -from Aurora Street upstream to the City Line beyond Burns Road. Recommendations 1 4 CIRCLE GREENWAY'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE LONG TERM.BEST USE OF SIX -MILE GORGE FROM AURORA STREET UPSTREAM TO THE CITY LINE. I City to designate the Gorge as a NATURAL AREA, supported by State and Federal designations. See also V. II Permitted uses: 1. Water supply for the City of Ithaca. 2. Hydro -power production if so decided. 3. Unstructured recreation: walking, running, fishing in certain places. 4. - 1Wildlife-and.:-geology. research. . 5. ".Wildflower -preservation; see V. 6. .=Wi1-dflower educations -tours --exhibits, plantings. 7.- Picnicking• -at certain places. 8. .Cross-country skiing. I.II-Uses. -not permitted: 1. Swimming. 2. Vehicular riding. 3. Camping. 4. Dumping." 5. Wildflower-:_picking_or digging. 6. Trapping,--hunting.or target shooting. IV Designconsiderations:.: 1. Paths. Delineation of official paths (to avoid network paths and soil erosion, and to open views. 2. Maintenance. Heavy and dangerous work (tree care, stream bank containment, flood damage repair) by D.P.W. Light work (shrub trimming, planting, litter clearing, by volunteers coordinated by Circle Greenway). 3. Connections to be planned to other natural or attractive areas of Ithaca (Circle Greenway, West End Development, Finger Lakes Natural History Project, Ithaca College, Corridor Bike & Walkway). 4. Rims (all city -owned). a. Preserve tree and shrub cover and plant where needed. b. Limit access paths. c. No housing development. 5. Entrances. a. _Strictly limited, -_cooperation with Town of Ithaca to determine certain ones. - b."= Plantings _to 'make- areas attractive and to indicate acceptable .use._of.: area. c. Signage, to indicate use. d. Parking patterns to be clearly delineated. R ecommendations 2 5 6. _Flood damage to be repaired. 7. Settling lagoons, if they should be inevitable: design review. -8. Hydro sites: design review. - V The Six -Mile Gorge Wildflower Preserve. A project to give vivid meaning to this Natural Area. 1. The Gorge upstream from Giles Street to the City Line already has been designated as a Wildflower Preserve (1970); to that we would suggest adding the area down- stream to Aurora Street. 2.. The area should be mapped for rare plant sites and these. sites protected by path re -location. :-A .new plant survey should be made. _A system .of plant= surveilance .should:_ be, started. 5. _ Damaged-- sites -should be -replanted. 6. Circle Greenway would like to do educational planting. 7. Events -such as. Circle Greenway -guided -.tours . should- be continued. -(A Wildflower -Guide -is in -preparation =for:spr.ina 8. The entrances should be enhanced by planting. 9. Summer and autumn blooming wildflower :sites -should 'be developed, -especially in Van Natta's Dam area -(part of enhancement plan, 8 above). 10. Cooperation with the Cornell Plantations Wildflower Garden. 11. Cooperation with the proposed.Finger.Lakes Natural•History Project should they become located on periphery of Gorge (the Wildflower Preserve could add -to their attractions and would serve as Ithaca's own backdoor to their site.) 12. Contact with other northeastern cities developing similar wildflower preserves. In summary, Circle Greenway recommends that the City of Ithaca designate Six -Mile Gorge from Aurora Street upstream to the City Line a NATURAL AREA, and that the Wildflower Preserve be con- sidered an integral part of the NATURAL AREA. FACTS ABOUT SIX -MILE -GORGE THAT BEAR ON THE PRESENT PROBLEM. 1. It is the water supply for the City of Ithaca. 2. The land is owned by the City of Ithaca but is located in cer- tain places in the Town -of Ithaca, which has certain interests, as does Tompkins County. New York State has jurisdiction over Six -Mile Creek. 3. Legally, the reservoir area is "closed". 4. The whole area, though, is heavily used for unstructured recreation. 5. An effective fence around the reservoir is probably not possible. 6. The police and sheriff's men cannot constantly:_:patrol the -area. 7. .It -,_is a -place -of --great 'natural-beauty,-locat-ed--betweeen -two- very heavily populated -=residential -areas; South=Hi1T_and:East-Hill. 8. It is not common for a city to have -such -an unusual wild area right in town. 9. The -Gorge -upstream from -Giles -Street -to the City -Line -has- been-- - designated. (1970)- as -a Wildflower Preserve by action of the Board -of -Public Works. 10. An alternative to swimming in the Upper Reservoir -would-be-.made possible by the restoration of Beebe Lake and -the -south - end of Cayuga -Lake at Stewart Park. 11. There are no city parks near Six -Mile. 12. The steepness -and narrowness of the Gorge gives -it a certain protection, -it has -the possibility:of remaining a viable eco- system -if people -use is -controlled. 13. The integrity =of .the Gorge depends greatly on rim care. 14.. Maintenance of the "wild" character of the Gorge requires -- knowledgeable management: definition of official paths, their maintenance, rim care, tree care, wildlife surveillance, and planned parking. 15. Many Ithacans need and want 'natural recreation areas, not built ones. 16. .There are many -.individuals. and-several:_organizations-interested in conserving this area. 17.. _More people in .the Gorge does not necessarily.:mean- :its -destruc- tion: concerned -surveillance is very .helpful and -even necessary. 18. The extractive uses: hunting, trapping and wood -gathering are "time honored"; their abolishment would bring a certain amount of public outcry but if people are to be allowed in the area, safety is of prime importance. 19. Six -Mile Gorge is noted in the T.C. Environmental Management Council's Open Space and Unique Natural Resources Inventory, 1975, and in their Greenbelt Proposal, 1972. 20. It is part of -the city Waterways proposal, 1976. 21 Six -Mile is listed as "Recreational and Greenspace" in the Ithaca General Plan, 1990. 22. Circle Greenway, the city's permanent Bicentennial project goes through Six -Mile Gorge. 23. During the twenties and early thirties the area was a park with swimming and skating at.a lagoon, now the-Van:.Natta-Dam Pond parking lot, fireplaces, a log cabin shelter and a toboggan - slide::into-.the - Indian :Winter - Camp-Ground.-_:-_-Most--was --destroyed in :the =1935 -'-flood. -::__Certain parts --of _:the -south -bank -contain handsome walls, steps and -fireplaces made by the C.C.C. 24. Some previous proposals for recreational -development: Frank-•S-choonmakers-- Proposed- Develoument-tPlan -of :.:Six -Mile Creek,- DeWitt Historical Society, - Box --3- -10A, .Chester Sage Papers Folder #5. Russel: Van Nest Blacks -A Report; -of--Preliminary Planning for -the -City of -Ithaca, N.Y., 192V.• Planning Department. 25. Professor Richard Fischer, Professor'of Environmental Educa- tion at Cornell says: "The City of Ithaca possesses one of themost unusual wildflower areas in New -York State . . . along Six -Mile Creek Valley. 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